Vocabulary: “少数人的责任”——知识分子的士大夫意识
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 平民x24 | Chapter Rank #103ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- 革命x26 | Chapter Rank #93to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 影响x14 | Chapter Rank #179influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- 在x213 | Chapter Rank #5to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 芸芸x1 | Chapter Rank #1690numerous; diverse and varied
- 新x58 | Chapter Rank #37abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 中x53 | Chapter Rank #40(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 固然x2 | Chapter Rank #1096admittedly (it's true that...)
- 大多数x10 | Chapter Rank #277(great) majority
- 仍x4 | Chapter Rank #638still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 自居x2 | Chapter Rank #1097to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be
- 四民x20 | Chapter Rank #130"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
- 之x278 | Chapter Rank #2(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 首x3 | Chapter Rank #804head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 但x59 | Chapter Rank #35but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 也x91 | Chapter Rank #24surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 一群x3 | Chapter Rank #805
- 文化x31 | Chapter Rank #79culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 精英x68 | Chapter Rank #30cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 形象x5 | Chapter Rank #523image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid
- 上x80 | Chapter Rank #27used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 了x124 | Chapter Rank #16(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 重大x4 | Chapter Rank #639great; important; major; significant
- 改变x5 | Chapter Rank #524to change; to alter; to transform
- 他们x51 | Chapter Rank #45they; them
- 逐步x1 | Chapter Rank #1691progressively; step by step
- 对x36 | Chapter Rank #65right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 自己的x3 | Chapter Rank #806
- 看法x6 | Chapter Rank #456way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 以至x1 | Chapter Rank #1692down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- 从x59 | Chapter Rank #36from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 士x32 | Chapter Rank #76member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist workersurname Shi
- 以天下为己任x3 | Chapter Rank #807
- 最后x11 | Chapter Rank #247final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 变为x3 | Chapter Rank #808to change into
- 时时x1 | Chapter Rank #1693often; constantly
- 质问x1 | Chapter Rank #1694to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate
- 自己x14 | Chapter Rank #180oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 我x24 | Chapter Rank #104I; me; my
- 为什么x5 | Chapter Rank #525why?; for what reason?
- 不是x38 | Chapter Rank #63no; is not; notfault; blame
- 一x160 | Chapter Rank #7one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x80 | Chapter Rank #28used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 工人x3 | Chapter Rank #809worker; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]
- 读书x9 | Chapter Rank #308to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 人造x1 | Chapter Rank #1695man-made; artificial; synthetic
- 反x10 | Chapter Rank #278contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 打倒x2 | Chapter Rank #1098to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
- 这x61 | Chapter Rank #34(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 分析x14 | Chapter Rank #181to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]