Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• zùo, Zùozuo4, Zuo4坐x17 | Book Rank #1684坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
• bèi hū lüè lebei4 hu1 lve4 le5被忽略了x1 | Book Rank #11571
• dǎo zhìdao3 zhi4导致x11 | Book Rank #2411to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
• zhōng shì jìzhong1 shi4 ji4中世纪x12 | Book Rank #2247medieval; Middle Ages
• gǔ diǎngu3 dian3古典x11 | Book Rank #2412classical
• yán jīu zhěyan2 jiu1 zhe3研究者x16 | Book Rank #1781investigator; researcher
• Fú ěr tàiFu2 er3 tai4伏尔泰x4 | Book Rank #5220Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
• bǎi kē quán shūbai3 ke1 quan2 shu1百科全书x7 | Book Rank #3451encyclopedia; CL:本[ben3],集[ji2]
• rùi zhìrui4 zhi4睿智x4 | Book Rank #5221wise and farsighted
• zhǎn duànzhan3 duan4斩断x4 | Book Rank #5222to cut off; to chop sth in half
• yǒng shìyong3 shi4勇士x4 | Book Rank #5223a warrior; a brave person
• dá ànda2 an4答案x11 | Book Rank #2413answer; solution; CL:個|个[ge4]
• bù yán ér yùbu4 yan2 er2 yu4不言而喻x6 | Book Rank #3889(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
• rèn shiren4 shi5认识x22 | Book Rank #1359to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
• gǔ jīn zhīgu3 jin1 zhi1古今之x1 | Book Rank #11572
• gōu hègou1 he4沟壑x3 | Book Rank #6279gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch
• bì lěibi4 lei3壁垒x1 | Book Rank #11573rampart; barrier
• Dōng Hǎi, Dōng hǎiDong1 Hai3, Dong1 hai3东海x2 | Book Rank #8099东海 Dōng Hǎi: 东海 Dong1 Hai3: East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)东海 Dōng hǎi: 东海 Dong1 hai3: see 東海縣|东海县[Dong1 hai3 Xian4]
• Xī HǎiXi1 Hai3西海x2 | Book Rank #8100Yellow Sea (Korean term)
• yōuyou1攸x2 | Book Rank #8101distant, far; adverbial prefix
• xiāng róngxiang1 rong2相融x2 | Book Rank #8102
• piān zhípian1 zhi2偏执x5 | Book Rank #4475extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
• dú duàndu2 duan4独断x4 | Book Rank #5224to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
• lùo wǔluo4 wu3落伍x3 | Book Rank #6280to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated
• bù hé shí yíbu4 he2 shi2 yi2不合时宜x5 | Book Rank #4476out of step with current thinking; outmoded; inappropriate for the occasion
• jīng de qǐjing1 de5 qi3经得起x2 | Book Rank #8103to be able to withstand; to be able to endure
• kǎo yànkao3 yan4考验x3 | Book Rank #6281to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
• lǎo làlao3 la4老辣x3 | Book Rank #6282shrewd and ruthless; efficient and unscrupulous
• chāochao1超x35 | Book Rank #865to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
• dà fánda4 fan2大凡x7 | Book Rank #3452generally; in general
• yuán yīn wú tāyuan2 yin1 wu2 ta1原因无他x2 | Book Rank #8104
• zhì gāo wú shàngzhi4 gao1 wu2 shang4至高无上x5 | Book Rank #4477supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
• fú cóngfu2 cong2服从x16 | Book Rank #1782to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
• chuán rùchuan2 ru4传入x2 | Book Rank #8105to import; transmitted inwards; afferent
• xìn fèngxin4 feng4信奉x13 | Book Rank #2110belief; to believe (in sth)
• zǔ dǎngzu3 dang3阻挡x2 | Book Rank #8106to stop; to resist; to obstruct
• xiéxie2挟x2 | Book Rank #8107(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
• dúo déduo2 de2夺得x1 | Book Rank #11574to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy)
• hóng tāohong2 tao1洪涛x1 | Book Rank #11575
• zāo yùzao1 yu4遭遇x4 | Book Rank #5225to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
• miè dǐng zhī zāimie4 ding3 zhi1 zai1灭顶之灾x1 | Book Rank #11576(idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity
• xìng zhìxing4 zhi4性质x32 | Book Rank #946nature; characteristic; CL:個|个[ge4]
• kān wùkan1 wu4刊物x30 | Book Rank #1015publication
• jiān róngjian1 rong2兼容x2 | Book Rank #8108compatible
• xùxu4蓄x3 | Book Rank #6283to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• gōng lǐgong1 li3公理x18 | Book Rank #1598self-evident truth; (math.) axiom
• tiān lǐtian1 li3天理x9 | Book Rank #2815Heaven's law; the natural order of things
• fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔnfang4 zhi1 si4 hai3 er2 jie1 zhun3放之四海而皆准x1 | Book Rank #11577applicable anywhere (idiom)
• zhuā zhùzhua1 zhu4抓住x3 | Book Rank #6284to grab hold of; to capture
• mài bómai4 bo2脉搏x2 | Book Rank #8109pulse (both medical and figurative)