Vocabulary: 入世与出世——进退维谷的两难困境
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 孜孜以求x1 | Chapter Rank #892diligent and tireless (idiom)
- 切近x1 | Chapter Rank #893close; near; similar to
- 人生x7 | Chapter Rank #106life (one's time on earth)
- 道x4 | Chapter Rank #195road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 不仅x3 | Chapter Rank #282not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 文以载道x1 | Chapter Rank #894words of truth; moral expressed in words; written article explaining a moral
- 而且x4 | Chapter Rank #196(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 格物致知x1 | Chapter Rank #895to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
- 当x9 | Chapter Rank #90(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
- 诸x2 | Chapter Rank #446all; varioussurname Zhu
- 心x2 | Chapter Rank #447heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 不当x2 | Chapter Rank #448unsuitable; improper; inappropriate
- 物x2 | Chapter Rank #449(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 一门x2 | Chapter Rank #450
- 脱离x1 | Chapter Rank #896to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- 大一统x7 | Chapter Rank #107unification (of the nation); large scale unification
- 需求x3 | Chapter Rank #283requirement; to require; (economics) demand
- 即便x2 | Chapter Rank #451even if; even though; right away; immediately
- 理论x2 | Chapter Rank #452theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- 精深x1 | Chapter Rank #897refined; profound
- 技术x1 | Chapter Rank #898technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- 灵巧x1 | Chapter Rank #899deft; nimble; ingenious
- 属于x2 | Chapter Rank #453to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- 不齿x1 | Chapter Rank #900to despise; to hold in contempt
- 坚x1 | Chapter Rank #901strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
- 白x1 | Chapter Rank #902white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in operasurname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- 辩x1 | Chapter Rank #903to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- 奇技淫巧x1 | Chapter Rank #904
- 价值观念x2 | Chapter Rank #454
- 科举x1 | Chapter Rank #905imperial examination
- 天经地义x1 | Chapter Rank #906lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- 正途x1 | Chapter Rank #907see 正路[zheng4 lu4]
- 相反x1 | Chapter Rank #908opposite; contrary
- 兴趣x6 | Chapter Rank #126interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 多少x3 | Chapter Rank #284how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?number; amount; somewhat
- 怪癖x1 | Chapter Rank #909eccentricity; peculiarity; strange hobby
- 自弃x1 | Chapter Rank #910
- 玩物丧志x1 | Chapter Rank #911lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will
- 嫌疑x1 | Chapter Rank #912suspicion; to have suspicions
- 官场x2 | Chapter Rank #455officialdom; bureaucracy
- 失意x3 | Chapter Rank #285disappointed; frustrated
- 或者x3 | Chapter Rank #286or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 看破红尘x1 | Chapter Rank #913(idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
- 隐退x1 | Chapter Rank #914to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish
- 归宿x1 | Chapter Rank #915place to return to; home; final destination; ending
- 绝非x2 | Chapter Rank #456absolutely not
- 学海x3 | Chapter Rank #287sea of learning; erudite; knowledgeable person; scholarship
- 达x2 | Chapter Rank #457surname Dato attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- 兼济x1 | Chapter Rank #916
- 天下x1 | Chapter Rank #917land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule