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
- 四大x1 | Chapter Rank #1190the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- 当选x2 | Chapter Rank #546to be elected; to be selected
- 中央委员x1 | Chapter Rank #1191
- 完全x3 | Chapter Rank #330complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 埋x1 | Chapter Rank #1192to buryused in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- 工作x3 | Chapter Rank #331to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #1193(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 从事x1 | Chapter Rank #1194to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 爱好x1 | Chapter Rank #1195to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
- 文艺x2 | Chapter Rank #547literature and art
- 时说x1 | Chapter Rank #1196
- 还有x3 | Chapter Rank #332there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 可是x1 | Chapter Rank #1197but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 有时x1 | Chapter Rank #1198sometimes; now and then
- 怀念x1 | Chapter Rank #1199to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce
- 怅然若失x1 | Chapter Rank #1200
- 有着x1 | Chapter Rank #1201to have; to possess
- 遗憾x1 | Chapter Rank #1202regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- 犬x1 | Chapter Rank #1203(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
- 同时x2 | Chapter Rank #548at the same time; simultaneously
- 逐x1 | Chapter Rank #1204(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- 两x4 | Chapter Rank #217two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 兔x1 | Chapter Rank #1205rabbit
- 骨子里x1 | Chapter Rank #1206beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
- 爱x2 | Chapter Rank #549to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 胜x1 | Chapter Rank #1207victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
- 夜深人静x1 | Chapter Rank #1208in the dead of night (idiom)
- 伏案x1 | Chapter Rank #1209to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
- 治学x5 | Chapter Rank #156scholarship; high-level study; to do scholarly research; to pursue a high level of study
- 始x1 | Chapter Rank #1210to begin; to start; then; only then
- 感觉x3 | Chapter Rank #333feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
- 愉快x1 | Chapter Rank #1211cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
- 境界x1 | Chapter Rank #1212boundary; state; realm
- 即使x3 | Chapter Rank #334even if; even though
- 勉强x1 | Chapter Rank #1213to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- 政府x8 | Chapter Rank #96government; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不过x4 | Chapter Rank #218only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 添x1 | Chapter Rank #1214to add; to increase; to replenish
- 一个身x1 | Chapter Rank #1215
- 魏阙x1 | Chapter Rank #1216
- 心存x1 | Chapter Rank #1217
- 江湖x2 | Chapter Rank #550rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 废物x1 | Chapter Rank #1218rubbish; waste material; useless person
- 政事x1 | Chapter Rank #1219politics; government affairs
- 无补x1 | Chapter Rank #1220of no avail; not helping in the least
- 损失x1 | Chapter Rank #1221loss; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]; to lose; to suffer damage
- 氛围x2 | Chapter Rank #551ambience; atmosphere
- 竟然x2 | Chapter Rank #552unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 如此x5 | Chapter Rank #157like this; so; such
- 严酷x1 | Chapter Rank #1222bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition)