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
- 穷x1 | Chapter Rank #918poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 独善其身x1 | Chapter Rank #919(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
- 道家x2 | Chapter Rank #458Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
- 互补x3 | Chapter Rank #288complementary; to complement each other
- 进退x4 | Chapter Rank #197to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
- 庄子x2 | Chapter Rank #459(coll.) village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
- 代表x3 | Chapter Rank #289representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 藐视x1 | Chapter Rank #920to despise; to look down on
- 它x11 | Chapter Rank #69itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 依恋x1 | Chapter Rank #921to be fondly attached to; to not wish to part with; to cling to
- 山水x2 | Chapter Rank #460Sansui, Japanese companywater from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape
- 天地x2 | Chapter Rank #461heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 自然人x1 | Chapter Rank #922natural person (law); see also 法人[fa3 ren2]
- 悠然x1 | Chapter Rank #923unhurried; leisurely
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #924to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 南山x1 | Chapter Rank #925see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
- 超然物外x3 | Chapter Rank #290
- 身心x2 | Chapter Rank #462body and mind; mental and physical
- 大自然x2 | Chapter Rank #463nature (the natural world)
- 融化x1 | Chapter Rank #926to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse
- 合一x1 | Chapter Rank #927to unite
- 文人x4 | Chapter Rank #198cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 趣味x1 | Chapter Rank #928fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
- 意向x1 | Chapter Rank #929intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- 庄x1 | Chapter Rank #930farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)surname Zhuang
- 禅x1 | Chapter Rank #931dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)to abdicate
- 自娱x2 | Chapter Rank #464to amuse oneself
- 寄情x1 | Chapter Rank #932
- 依旧x1 | Chapter Rank #933as before; still; to remain the same
- 高傲x1 | Chapter Rank #934arrogant; haughty; proud
- 俯视x1 | Chapter Rank #935to overlook; to look down at
- 抑x2 | Chapter Rank #465to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- 进x5 | Chapter Rank #148to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 转换x1 | Chapter Rank #936to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
- 只不过x3 | Chapter Rank #291only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- 单向性x1 | Chapter Rank #937
- 取x2 | Chapter Rank #466to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 舍x2 | Chapter Rank #467to give up; to abandon; to give alms(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]surname She
- 而已x4 | Chapter Rank #199that's all; nothing more
- 西化x2 | Chapter Rank #468
- 浪潮x1 | Chapter Rank #938wave; tides
- 拍岸x1 | Chapter Rank #939to beat against the shore (of waves)
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #469to 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])
- 锁闭x1 | Chapter Rank #940
- 古国x1 | Chapter Rank #941ancient country
- 列强x2 | Chapter Rank #470the Great Powers (history)
- 大炮x1 | Chapter Rank #942big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
- 之下x1 | Chapter Rank #943under; beneath; less than
- 门户x1 | Chapter Rank #944door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
- 洞开x1 | Chapter Rank #945to be wide open