Vocabulary: 王元化：“我是十九世纪之子”
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #1146have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 然x1 | Chapter Rank #1147correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 耳x1 | Chapter Rank #1148ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 自问x1 | Chapter Rank #1149to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
- 所要x1 | Chapter Rank #1150
- 既x4 | Chapter Rank #235already; since; both... (and...)
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #542abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 纯x1 | Chapter Rank #1151pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- 学术x21 | Chapter Rank #36learning; science; academic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 更x8 | Chapter Rank #104to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 议政x1 | Chapter Rank #1152to discuss politics
- 好玩x1 | Chapter Rank #1153to be playful; to be fond of one's funamusing; fun; interesting
- 自遣x1 | Chapter Rank #1154
- 或x4 | Chapter Rank #236maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 标榜x1 | Chapter Rank #1155to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
- 自然主义x1 | Chapter Rank #1156naturalism (philosophy)
- 始终x1 | Chapter Rank #1157from beginning to end; all along
- 箴言x1 | Chapter Rank #1158admonition; exhortation; dictum; the biblical Book of Proverbs
- 过谦x1 | Chapter Rank #1159
- 陆续x1 | Chapter Rank #1160in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- 可惜x2 | Chapter Rank #543it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- 有点x1 | Chapter Rank #1161a little
- 大不如前x1 | Chapter Rank #1162
- 常常x8 | Chapter Rank #105frequently; often
- 耗费x1 | Chapter Rank #1163to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- 心力x1 | Chapter Rank #1164mental and physical efforts
- 体力x1 | Chapter Rank #1165physical strength; physical power
- 特别x2 | Chapter Rank #544unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 生日x1 | Chapter Rank #1166birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 身体x2 | Chapter Rank #545the body; one's health
- 更是x1 | Chapter Rank #1167even more (so)
- 每况愈下x1 | Chapter Rank #1168to steadily deteriorate
- 住院x1 | Chapter Rank #1169to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
- 各x9 | Chapter Rank #90each; every
- 疾病x1 | Chapter Rank #1170disease; sickness; ailment
- 折磨x2 | Chapter Rank #546to torment; to torture
- 虽然x6 | Chapter Rank #151although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 思路x1 | Chapter Rank #1171line of thought; way of thinking
- 敏锐x1 | Chapter Rank #1172keen; sharp; acute
- 清晰x1 | Chapter Rank #1173clear; distinct
- 日益x1 | Chapter Rank #1174day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
- 衰老x1 | Chapter Rank #1175to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- 身躯x1 | Chapter Rank #1176body
- 拖累x1 | Chapter Rank #1177to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate
- 写出x1 | Chapter Rank #1178
- 大块x1 | Chapter Rank #1179
- 只能x2 | Chapter Rank #547can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 通过x1 | Chapter Rank #1180to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 随笔x19 | Chapter Rank #43essay
- 访谈x2 | Chapter Rank #548to visit and discuss; to interview