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
- 来x4 | Chapter Rank #214to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 拯救x1 | Chapter Rank #836to save; to rescue
- 当年x3 | Chapter Rank #286that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 人物x2 | Chapter Rank #429person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- 沦陷x1 | Chapter Rank #837to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
- 北平x1 | Chapter Rank #838Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
- 出逃x1 | Chapter Rank #839to run away; to flee (the country)
- 什么x6 | Chapter Rank #141what?; something; anything
- 东西x12 | Chapter Rank #67thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]east and west
- 来不及x1 | Chapter Rank #840there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
- 带x1 | Chapter Rank #841band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 唯独x1 | Chapter Rank #842only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique
- 藏x1 | Chapter Rank #843storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scriptureTibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
- 着x17 | Chapter Rank #51a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 一幅x1 | Chapter Rank #844
- 自x5 | Chapter Rank #168(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 描x1 | Chapter Rank #845to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up
- 小x4 | Chapter Rank #215small; tiny; few; young
- 像x1 | Chapter Rank #846to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 偶像x1 | Chapter Rank #847idol
- 最x13 | Chapter Rank #62(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 读的书x1 | Chapter Rank #848
- 约翰x1 | Chapter Rank #849John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
- 克利斯x1 | Chapter Rank #850
- 朵夫x1 | Chapter Rank #851
- 倾倒x1 | Chapter Rank #852to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself beforeto dump; to pour out; to empty out
- 至x1 | Chapter Rank #853to arrive; most; to; until
- 觉得x2 | Chapter Rank #430to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 这位x2 | Chapter Rank #431this (person)
- 理想主义者x2 | Chapter Rank #432
- 言行举止x1 | Chapter Rank #854
- 代表x4 | Chapter Rank #216representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 批评x2 | Chapter Rank #433to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- 正义x1 | Chapter Rank #855justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- 艺术x6 | Chapter Rank #142art
- 真理x4 | Chapter Rank #217truth; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 文章x8 | Chapter Rank #102article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #169(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 ...
- 写x10 | Chapter Rank #80to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 得x4 | Chapter Rank #218used in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need toto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 好x3 | Chapter Rank #287good; 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
- 书生x1 | Chapter Rank #856scholar; intellectual; egghead
- 意气x3 | Chapter Rank #288
- 挥斥x1 | Chapter Rank #857to chide; to berate; energetic
- 方x2 | Chapter Rank #434surname Fangsquare; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- 遒x1 | Chapter Rank #858strong; vigorous; robust; to draw near; to come to an end
- 小有名气x1 | Chapter Rank #859
- 少年得志x1 | Chapter Rank #860
- 恃x1 | Chapter Rank #861(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- 才x6 | Chapter Rank #143ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually