Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• Fèng tiānFeng4 tian1奉天x1 | Book Rank #11745old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
• zhòng shēngzhong4 sheng1众生x1 | Book Rank #11746all living things
• jiē, jiéjie1, jie2结x2 | Book Rank #8214结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
• shēn xìn bù yíshen1 xin4 bu4 yi2深信不疑x1 | Book Rank #11747to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom); absolute certainty about sth
• Fēng, fēngFeng1, feng1封x2 | Book Rank #8215封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
• xiě dàoxie3 dao4写道x24 | Book Rank #1251to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
• kǒng mèng zhīkong3 meng4 zhi1孔孟之x1 | Book Rank #11748
• sè, sài, sāise4, sai4, sai1塞x7 | Book Rank #3495塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
• bù míngbu4 ming2不明x1 | Book Rank #11749not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
• cǐ shìci3 shi4此事x3 | Book Rank #6364this matter
• chú wǒ zhī wàichu2 wo3 zhi1 wai4除我之外x1 | Book Rank #11750
• wú rénwu2 ren2无人x6 | Book Rank #3920unmanned; uninhabited
• gǔ rén yúngu3 ren2 yun2古人云x1 | Book Rank #11751
• wǎngwang3往x11 | Book Rank #2421to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
• jué xuéjue2 xue2绝学x2 | Book Rank #8216(literary) lost or nearly lost body of knowledge; (literary) consummate mastery (in a field); (wuxia) supreme technique
• wàn shì kāiwan4 shi4 kai1万世开x2 | Book Rank #8217
• Tài píng, tài píngTai4 ping2, tai4 ping2太平x8 | Book Rank #3141太平 Tài píng: 太平 Tai4 ping2: see 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]太平 tài píng: 太平 tai4 ping2: peace and security
• xiě chéngxie3 cheng2写成x3 | Book Rank #6365
• jiàn gúojian4 guo2建国x6 | Book Rank #3921to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
• què xìnque4 xin4确信x1 | Book Rank #11752to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news
• chéng shòucheng2 shou4承受x13 | Book Rank #2124to bear; to support; to inherit
• fàng dàfang4 da4放大x4 | Book Rank #5266to enlarge; to magnify
• jiē tōngjie1 tong1接通x1 | Book Rank #11753to connect; to put through
• hùo dáhuo4 da2豁达x2 | Book Rank #8218optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded
• míng míng zhī zhōngming2 ming2 zhi1 zhong1冥冥之中x3 | Book Rank #6366in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably
• sǐ shénsi3 shen2死神x4 | Book Rank #5267mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die; (fig.) death
• yín wēiyin2 wei1淫威x4 | Book Rank #5268abuse of authority; tyrannical abuse
• bù zúbu4 zu2不足x8 | Book Rank #3142insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
• lǎo xiān shēnglao3 xian1 sheng1老先生x3 | Book Rank #6367
• qì xiàngqi4 xiang4气象x1 | Book Rank #11754meteorological condition; weather; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene
• cháng àichang2 ai4常爱x1 | Book Rank #11755
• zhì dà zhì gāngzhi4 da4 zhi4 gang1至大至刚x1 | Book Rank #11756
• chōng sèchong1 se4充塞x1 | Book Rank #11757congestion; to block; to congest; to crowd; to choke; to cram; to fill up; to stuff; to take up all the space
• hào rán zhī qìhao4 ran2 zhi1 qi4浩然之气x4 | Book Rank #5269
• dǐ qìdi3 qi4底气x2 | Book Rank #8219lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
• zhī xìngzhi1 xing4知性x10 | Book Rank #2604
• móu lüèmou2 lu:e4谋略x1 | Book Rank #11758stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness
• shàng shǔshang4 shu3尚属x1 | Book Rank #11759
• diāo chóng xiǎo jìdiao1 chong2 xiao3 ji4雕虫小技x2 | Book Rank #8220insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment
• shù lìshu4 li4树立x6 | Book Rank #3922to set up; to establish
• Míng mòMing2 mo4明末x8 | Book Rank #3143late Ming; first half of the 17th century
• lǐng jūn rén wùling3 jun1 ren2 wu4领军人物x2 | Book Rank #8221
• dào lidao4 li5道理x10 | Book Rank #2605reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
• bù nánbu4 nan2不难x1 | Book Rank #11760
• bù fá qí rénbu4 fa2 qi2 ren2不乏其人x2 | Book Rank #8222
• yào meyao4 me5要么x10 | Book Rank #2606or; either one or the other
• cái qìcai2 qi4才气x3 | Book Rank #6368talent (usually literary or artistic)
• yǒu yúyou3 yu2有余x4 | Book Rank #5270to have an abundance
• èr wèier4 wei4二位x2 | Book Rank #8223
• tùitui4退x24 | Book Rank #1252to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline