Vocabulary: 帝都与魔都：现代中国的城市知识分子（1900—1937年）
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 观念x1 | Chapter Rank #1302notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- 王朝x1 | Chapter Rank #1303dynasty
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #1304heavy; serious; to attach importance toto repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- 农抑商x1 | Chapter Rank #1305
- 政策x1 | Chapter Rank #1306policy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 被x14 | Chapter Rank #107quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 人x34 | Chapter Rank #39person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 看不起x1 | Chapter Rank #1307to look down upon; to despise
- 缺乏x7 | Chapter Rank #241to lack; to be short of
- 与其x1 | Chapter Rank #1308rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- 相匹配x2 | Chapter Rank #805
- 尊严x1 | Chapter Rank #1309dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty
- 不要x2 | Chapter Rank #806don't!; must not
- 说x5 | Chapter Rank #352to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 比肩x2 | Chapter Rank #807to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- 即使x4 | Chapter Rank #444even if; even though
- 平民x4 | Chapter Rank #445ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- 当中x9 | Chapter Rank #185among; in the middle; in the center
- 农工x1 | Chapter Rank #1310agricultural worker; abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人; peasant and worker (in Marxism)
- 之下x9 | Chapter Rank #186under; beneath; less than
- 情形x1 | Chapter Rank #1311circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 明代x1 | Chapter Rank #1312the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- 有所x1 | Chapter Rank #1313somewhat; to some extent
- 改观x1 | Chapter Rank #1314change of appearance; to revise one's point of view
- 富庶x1 | Chapter Rank #1315populous and affluent
- 一方面x4 | Chapter Rank #446on the one hand
- 追求x2 | Chapter Rank #808to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 奢华x2 | Chapter Rank #809luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
- 另一方面x6 | Chapter Rank #297on the other hand; another aspect
- 接近x2 | Chapter Rank #810to approach; to get close to
- 买x1 | Chapter Rank #1316to buy; to purchase
- 官x1 | Chapter Rank #1317government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Guan
- 功名x2 | Chapter Rank #811scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- 附庸风雅x1 | Chapter Rank #1318(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture
- 努力x5 | Chapter Rank #353to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- 世纪之交x1 | Chapter Rank #1319
- 开放x1 | Chapter Rank #1320to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- 过渡x1 | Chapter Rank #1321to cross over (by ferry); transition; interim; caretaker (administration)
- 身份x7 | Chapter Rank #242identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 双重x2 | Chapter Rank #812double
- 经营x2 | Chapter Rank #813to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 洋务x2 | Chapter Rank #814foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
- 作用x2 | Chapter Rank #815to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- 活跃x1 | Chapter Rank #1322active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- 两x13 | Chapter Rank #124two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 交往x4 | Chapter Rank #447to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- 李x6 | Chapter Rank #298surname Liplum
- 平x4 | Chapter Rank #448surname Pingflat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 书x7 | Chapter Rank #243book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to writeabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 本地x3 | Chapter Rank #589local; this locality