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
- 梦x17 | Chapter Rank #54dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- 楼x17 | Chapter Rank #55house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]surname Lou
- 远东x1 | Chapter Rank #1873Far East (loanword)
- 出版社x9 | Chapter Rank #93publishing house
- 第x90 | Chapter Rank #3(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 页x83 | Chapter Rank #6headpage; leaf
- 耿x1 | Chapter Rank #1874surname Geng(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
- 庸x1 | Chapter Rank #1875ordinary; to use
- 却说x1 | Chapter Rank #1876
- 见x52 | Chapter Rank #12to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 散文x1 | Chapter Rank #1877(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- 六辑x1 | Chapter Rank #1878
- 贵州x1 | Chapter Rank #1879see 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]
- 人民出版社x1 | Chapter Rank #1880
- 转引x2 | Chapter Rank #676to quote from secondary source
- 陈子善x4 | Chapter Rank #250
- 编x8 | Chapter Rank #109to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- 诗人x6 | Chapter Rank #158bard; poet
- 顾x9 | Chapter Rank #94surname Guto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 城x9 | Chapter Rank #95city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 上海人民出版社x2 | Chapter Rank #677
- 河岸x1 | Chapter Rank #1881riverside; river bank
- 幻影x1 | Chapter Rank #1882phantom; mirage
- 伟x1 | Chapter Rank #1883big; large; great
- 问答x1 | Chapter Rank #1884question and answer
- 卷x1 | Chapter Rank #1885scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scrollto roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- 雷x2 | Chapter Rank #678surname Leithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- 米x1 | Chapter Rank #1886uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuansurname Mi
- 英x3 | Chapter Rank #377hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossomUnited Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
- 儿x1 | Chapter Rank #1887child; sonnon-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
- 华x1 | Chapter Rank #1888Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Huaabbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflower
- 艺x1 | Chapter Rank #1889skill; art
- 吴x4 | Chapter Rank #251surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 斐x2 | Chapter Rank #679phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
- 法x2 | Chapter Rank #680law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]law
- 加缪x1 | Chapter Rank #1890Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
- 缪x1 | Chapter Rank #1891used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]surname Miao
- 西x2 | Chapter Rank #681westthe West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- 弗斯x1 | Chapter Rank #1892
- 荒谬x1 | Chapter Rank #1893absurd; ridiculous
- 杜x2 | Chapter Rank #682surname Dubirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
- 真x2 | Chapter Rank #683really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 译x3 | Chapter Rank #378to translate; to interpret
- 三联书店x2 | Chapter Rank #684Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
- 史铁生x21 | Chapter Rank #37
- 自言自语x1 | Chapter Rank #1894(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
- 好运x9 | Chapter Rank #96good luck
- 设计x9 | Chapter Rank #97to design; to plan; design; plan
- 春风x1 | Chapter Rank #1895spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- 文艺x2 | Chapter Rank #685literature and art