Vocabulary: 王小波：他思故他在
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 本质x1 | Chapter Rank #660essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- 属性x1 | Chapter Rank #661attribute; property
- 要x8 | Chapter Rank #79(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 首先x4 | Chapter Rank #166first of all; in the first place
- 须x1 | Chapter Rank #662must; to have to; to waitbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 知识x30 | Chapter Rank #15knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- 知识界x4 | Chapter Rank #167intellectual circles; intelligentsia
- 尤其x1 | Chapter Rank #663especially; particularly
- 风头x2 | Chapter Rank #330wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- 劲x2 | Chapter Rank #331strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful
- 顶尖x1 | Chapter Rank #664peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)
- 精英x8 | Chapter Rank #80cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 有余x2 | Chapter Rank #332to have an abundance
- 不足x2 | Chapter Rank #333insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- 虽然x4 | Chapter Rank #168although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 他们x8 | Chapter Rank #81they; them
- 公众x3 | Chapter Rank #221public
- 眼里x1 | Chapter Rank #665
- 魅力x3 | Chapter Rank #222charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- 大多x2 | Chapter Rank #334for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- 来自x3 | Chapter Rank #223to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 道德x35 | Chapter Rank #11virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 修辞x2 | Chapter Rank #335rhetoric
- 华丽x1 | Chapter Rank #666gorgeous
- 可怜x1 | Chapter Rank #667pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 一点x2 | Chapter Rank #336a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 小聪明x1 | Chapter Rank #668clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
- 背后x3 | Chapter Rank #224behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
- 底蕴x3 | Chapter Rank #225inside information; concrete details
- 薄x1 | Chapter Rank #669meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or nearsurname Bothin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertilesee 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- 像x7 | Chapter Rank #96to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 一张x1 | Chapter Rank #670
- 遮羞x1 | Chapter Rank #671to cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal
- 窗纸x1 | Chapter Rank #672
- 相形之下x2 | Chapter Rank #337
- 很少x1 | Chapter Rank #673
- 自称x1 | Chapter Rank #674to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- 自命不凡x1 | Chapter Rank #675to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
- 喜欢x4 | Chapter Rank #169to like; to be fond of
- 由于x1 | Chapter Rank #676due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- 有用x2 | Chapter Rank #338useful
- 提高x1 | Chapter Rank #677to raise; to increase; to improve
- 科技x1 | Chapter Rank #678science and technology
- 生产力x1 | Chapter Rank #679production capability; productive force; productivity
- 或x2 | Chapter Rank #339maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 带来x3 | Chapter Rank #226to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 好x9 | Chapter Rank #63good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 大学x1 | Chapter Rank #680university; college; CL:所[suo3]the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
- 期间x3 | Chapter Rank #227period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 数学老师x1 | Chapter Rank #681