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
- 败坏x2 | Chapter Rank #1324to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
- 一位x2 | Chapter Rank #1325
- 作者x1 | Chapter Rank #2129author; writer
- 东方x7 | Chapter Rank #433eastthe East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang
- 近十年x1 | Chapter Rank #2130
- 稍x1 | Chapter Rank #2131somewhat; a littleused in 稍息[shao4 xi1]
- 衰落x3 | Chapter Rank #942to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #2132Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jiato add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- 衰x1 | Chapter Rank #2133(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- 独x2 | Chapter Rank #1326alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 其中x3 | Chapter Rank #943among; in; included among these
- 一二x2 | Chapter Rank #1327one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- 狡黠x1 | Chapter Rank #2134crafty; astute
- 徒x2 | Chapter Rank #1328(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentencesurname Tu
- 假x1 | Chapter Rank #2135fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposevacationused in 假掰[gei1 bai1]to borrow
- 公众x8 | Chapter Rank #387public
- 义务x3 | Chapter Rank #944duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- 名x1 | Chapter Rank #2136name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 侵蚀x1 | Chapter Rank #2137to erode; to corrode
- 计x1 | Chapter Rank #2138to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gaugesurname Ji
- 泛爱x1 | Chapter Rank #2139
- 行x2 | Chapter Rank #1329used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- 把持x2 | Chapter Rank #1330to control; to dominate; to monopolize
- 挠x1 | Chapter Rank #2140to scratch; to thwart; to yield
- 败x1 | Chapter Rank #2141to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- 策x1 | Chapter Rank #2142surname Cepolicy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
- 成立x3 | Chapter Rank #945to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- 更是x2 | Chapter Rank #1331even more (so)
- 溃堤x1 | Chapter Rank #2143
- 朋x2 | Chapter Rank #1332friend
- 园x2 | Chapter Rank #1333surname Yuanland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
- 表明x1 | Chapter Rank #2144to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- 清末x2 | Chapter Rank #1334the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- 共有x1 | Chapter Rank #2145in total there are ...; to own jointly
- 三次x1 | Chapter Rank #2146third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- 议员x1 | Chapter Rank #2147member (of a legislative body); representative
- 廉洁x1 | Chapter Rank #2148incorruptible; unbribable; honest
- 一次x3 | Chapter Rank #946first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 不如x2 | Chapter Rank #1335not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 各省x1 | Chapter Rank #2149
- 谘议局x1 | Chapter Rank #2150
- 参选x1 | Chapter Rank #2151to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office; to turn out to vote
- 尚x4 | Chapter Rank #729still; yet; to value; to esteemsurname Shang
- 显身手x1 | Chapter Rank #2152
- 政坛x1 | Chapter Rank #2153political circles
- 问x3 | Chapter Rank #947to ask; to inquire
- 不择手段x1 | Chapter Rank #2154by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- 旧式x1 | Chapter Rank #2155old style
- 变质x1 | Chapter Rank #2156to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism
- 有过之而无不及x2 | Chapter Rank #1336not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom); to surpass; to outdo; (derog.) to be even worse