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
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #1285highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 哲学史x1 | Chapter Rank #1286history of philosophy
- 文学史x1 | Chapter Rank #1287history of literature
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #1288all; each and every; in all cases
- 有头无尾x1 | Chapter Rank #1289(idiom) to fail to finish off what one started
- 两鬓x1 | Chapter Rank #1290
- 已x2 | Chapter Rank #575already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 斑白x1 | Chapter Rank #1291grizzled; graying
- 想x2 | Chapter Rank #576to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 外务x1 | Chapter Rank #1292foreign affairs
- 专心x2 | Chapter Rank #577to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- 著述x2 | Chapter Rank #578writing; to write; to compile
- 十五x1 | Chapter Rank #1293fifteen; 15
- 半壁江山x1 | Chapter Rank #1294half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
- 沦x1 | Chapter Rank #1295to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
- 敌手x1 | Chapter Rank #1296opponent; substantial adversary; worthy match; antagonist; in the enemy's hands
- 容不得x1 | Chapter Rank #1297unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth
- 尽情x1 | Chapter Rank #1298as much as one likes
- 施展x1 | Chapter Rank #1299to use fully; to put to use
- 时刻x1 | Chapter Rank #1300time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always
- 一发而不可收x1 | Chapter Rank #1301to be impossible to stop once started
- 逼迫x1 | Chapter Rank #1302to force; to compel; to coerce
- 出来x2 | Chapter Rank #579(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)to come out; to appear; to arise
- 做事x1 | Chapter Rank #1303to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 坐x1 | Chapter Rank #1304surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 位子x1 | Chapter Rank #1305place; seat
- 心里x1 | Chapter Rank #1306chest; heart; mind
- 惭愧x1 | Chapter Rank #1307ashamed
- 对不住x1 | Chapter Rank #1308to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)
- 化身x1 | Chapter Rank #1309incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
- 劝x1 | Chapter Rank #1310to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 不要x1 | Chapter Rank #1311don't!; must not
- 老x2 | Chapter Rank #580prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 妻x1 | Chapter Rank #1312(bound form) wifeto marry off (a daughter)
- 好容易x1 | Chapter Rank #1313(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy
- 挨x1 | Chapter Rank #1314in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent toto suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- 抗战x4 | Chapter Rank #223war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
- 结束x1 | Chapter Rank #1315termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 回x1 | Chapter Rank #1316Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesto curve; to return; to revolve
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #1317to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 北京大学x1 | Chapter Rank #1318Peking University
- 得到x1 | Chapter Rank #1319to get; to obtain; to receive
- 片刻x1 | Chapter Rank #1320short period of time; a moment
- 安宁x1 | Chapter Rank #1321peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worrysee 安寧區|安宁区[An1 ning2 Qu1]; see 安寧市|安宁市[An1 ning2 Shi4]
- 风雨飘摇x1 | Chapter Rank #1322tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable
- 国民党x6 | Chapter Rank #130Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
- 不断x2 | Chapter Rank #581unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 拉x1 | Chapter Rank #1323to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slashused in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- 帮闲x1 | Chapter Rank #1324to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
- 帮忙x1 | Chapter Rank #1325to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn