Vocabulary: 王小波：他思故他在
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 俱乐部x1 | Chapter Rank #631(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
- 里x6 | Chapter Rank #108lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 许多x4 | Chapter Rank #163many; a lot of; much
- 陷于x1 | Chapter Rank #632caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
- 迷惘x1 | Chapter Rank #633perplexed; at a loss
- 依然x3 | Chapter Rank #218still; as before
- 独特x1 | Chapter Rank #634unique; distinctive
- 落入x1 | Chapter Rank #635to fall into
- 失语x1 | Chapter Rank #636to let slip; loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
- 困境x1 | Chapter Rank #637predicament; plight
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #638or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 剥夺x1 | Chapter Rank #639to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
- 权力x10 | Chapter Rank #55power; authority
- 重新x2 | Chapter Rank #324again; once more; re-
- 获得x1 | Chapter Rank #640to obtain; to receive; to get
- 资格x3 | Chapter Rank #219qualifications; seniority
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #641have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 后退x1 | Chapter Rank #642to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- 一步x1 | Chapter Rank #643
- 磨砺x1 | Chapter Rank #644to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice
- 利器x1 | Chapter Rank #645sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual
- 以后x2 | Chapter Rank #325after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 当x7 | Chapter Rank #94(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 提供x2 | Chapter Rank #326to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 舞台x1 | Chapter Rank #646(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
- 就x20 | Chapter Rank #25(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 迫不及待x1 | Chapter Rank #647(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
- 地x23 | Chapter Rank #23earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 出山x1 | Chapter Rank #648to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
- 这些x4 | Chapter Rank #164these
- 永远x1 | Chapter Rank #649forever; eternal
- 不甘x1 | Chapter Rank #650unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling
- 冲动x2 | Chapter Rank #327to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge
- 大于x1 | Chapter Rank #651greater than; bigger than; more than
- 兴趣x2 | Chapter Rank #328interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 渴望x1 | Chapter Rank #652to thirst for; to long for
- 终极x2 | Chapter Rank #329ultimate; final
- 追求x3 | Chapter Rank #220to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 呢x1 | Chapter Rank #653(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 没有x15 | Chapter Rank #33haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 什么x11 | Chapter Rank #51what?; something; anything
- 更是x1 | Chapter Rank #654even more (so)
- 兴味索然x1 | Chapter Rank #655
- 有意思x1 | Chapter Rank #656interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- 思维x4 | Chapter Rank #165(line of) thought; thinking
- 乐趣x1 | Chapter Rank #657delight; pleasure; joy
- 比x7 | Chapter Rank #95Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 死亡x1 | Chapter Rank #658to die; death
- 可怕x1 | Chapter Rank #659awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- 事x5 | Chapter Rank #132matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]