Vocabulary: 曾国藩：中国式的入世禁欲
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 出山x1 | Chapter Rank #940to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
- 一味x1 | Chapter Rank #941persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- 迷信x1 | Chapter Rank #942superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- 重典x1 | Chapter Rank #943important classic text; severe laws
- 剃头x1 | Chapter Rank #944to have one's head shaved
- 恶名x1 | Chapter Rank #945bad name; evil reputation
- 以后x2 | Chapter Rank #349after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 经过x1 | Chapter Rank #946to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 若干x1 | Chapter Rank #947a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
- 挫折x1 | Chapter Rank #948setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- 受x1 | Chapter Rank #949to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- 黄老之x3 | Chapter Rank #212
- 启发x1 | Chapter Rank #950to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- 磨炼x1 | Chapter Rank #951
- 炉火纯青x1 | Chapter Rank #952lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
- 地步x1 | Chapter Rank #953stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- 自称x1 | Chapter Rank #954to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- 含x1 | Chapter Rank #955to keep in the mouth; to contain
- 刚强x1 | Chapter Rank #956firm; unyielding
- 柔弱x1 | Chapter Rank #957weak; delicate
- 寓x1 | Chapter Rank #958(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- 申x2 | Chapter Rank #350to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen
- 韩x2 | Chapter Rank #351Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 内x1 | Chapter Rank #959inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- 斯x1 | Chapter Rank #960(phonetic); thisSlovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
- 佳境x1 | Chapter Rank #961(literary) beautiful surroundings; scenic spot; favorable stage; excellent state (of development, performance etc)
- 看来x2 | Chapter Rank #352apparently; it seems that
- 成熟x1 | Chapter Rank #962mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- 政治家x6 | Chapter Rank #58statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 两者x1 | Chapter Rank #963both of them; the two of them
- 不可偏废x1 | Chapter Rank #964
- 其中x1 | Chapter Rank #965among; in; included among these
- 保持x1 | Chapter Rank #966to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 张x1 | Chapter Rank #967surname Zhangto open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 力x1 | Chapter Rank #968surname Lipower; force; strength; ability; strenuously
- 游刃有余x1 | Chapter Rank #969handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
- 费尽x1 | Chapter Rank #970
- 脑筋x1 | Chapter Rank #971brains; mind; head; way of thinking
- 比如x3 | Chapter Rank #213for example; for instance; such assee 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]
- 总结x1 | Chapter Rank #972to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 既x2 | Chapter Rank #353already; since; both... (and...)
- 真意x4 | Chapter Rank #128real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation
- 文饰x2 | Chapter Rank #354to polish a text; rhetoric; ornate language; to use florid language to conceal errors; to gloss over
- 不足以x1 | Chapter Rank #973
- 感人x1 | Chapter Rank #974touching; moving
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #355will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 托x1 | Chapter Rank #975to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; torr (unit of pressure)to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee
- 行事x1 | Chapter Rank #976to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- 常常x2 | Chapter Rank #356frequently; often
- 外人x1 | Chapter Rank #977outsider; foreigner; stranger