Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• àn ànan4 an4暗暗x2 | Book Rank #8927secretly; inwardly
• shū chàngshu1 chang4舒畅x1 | Book Rank #13125happy; entirely free from worry
• suǒ yùsuo3 yu4所欲x3 | Book Rank #6794
• jì lùji4 lu4记录x1 | Book Rank #13126to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
• shū jishu1 ji5书记x4 | Book Rank #5526secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
• zài yě bù néngzai4 ye3 bu4 neng2再也不能x3 | Book Rank #6795
• zhí shū jǐ jiànzhi2 shu1 ji3 jian4直抒己见x1 | Book Rank #13127
• Lè shì, lè shìLe4 shi4, le4 shi4乐事x2 | Book Rank #8928乐事 Lè shì: 乐事 Le4 shi4: Lay's (brand)乐事 lè shì: 乐事 le4 shi4: pleasure
• bào yuànbao4 yuan4抱怨x4 | Book Rank #5527to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
• kǔ shìku3 shi4苦事x1 | Book Rank #13128hard job; arduous task
• ǒu xīn lì xuèou3 xin1 li4 xue4呕心沥血x1 | Book Rank #13129lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, sweat and tears
• Xī ān Shì biànXi1 an1 Shi4 bian4西安事变x3 | Book Rank #6796Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2])
• biān zàobian1 zao4编造x1 | Book Rank #13130to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
• Xī ānXi1 an1西安x1 | Book Rank #13131see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
• bàn yuèban4 yue4半月x3 | Book Rank #6797half-moon; fortnight
• zhuō qiánzhuo1 qian2桌前x1 | Book Rank #13132
• bàn tiānban4 tian1半天x2 | Book Rank #8929half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]
• zhuàngzhuang4状x3 | Book Rank #6798(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
• xīu nǎoxiu1 nao3羞恼x1 | Book Rank #13133resentful; humiliated and angry
• láng háolang2 hao2狼毫x1 | Book Rank #13134writing brush of weasel bristle
• mò hémo4 he2墨盒x1 | Book Rank #13135ink cartridge
• chūochuo1戳x2 | Book Rank #8930to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal
• yī liányi1 lian2一连x1 | Book Rank #13136in a row; in succession; running
• jǐ zhīji3 zhi1几支x1 | Book Rank #13137
• bù jiěbu4 jie3不解x3 | Book Rank #6799to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
• fán zàofan2 zao4烦躁x1 | Book Rank #13138jittery; twitchy; fidgety
• zì zùo zhǔ zhāngzi4 zuo4 zhu3 zhang1自作主张x1 | Book Rank #13139(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
• qǐ néngqi3 neng2岂能x1 | Book Rank #13140
• gān yúgan1 yu2甘于x3 | Book Rank #6800to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
• sī lièsi1 lie4撕裂x2 | Book Rank #8931to tear; to rip apart
• xiào yánxiao4 yan2笑颜x1 | Book Rank #13141smiling face
• shén jīng shuāi rùoshen2 jing1 shuai1 ruo4神经衰弱x1 | Book Rank #13142nervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression)
• gèng qūgeng4 qu1更趋x2 | Book Rank #8932
• bù xiǎngbu4 xiang3不想x13 | Book Rank #2155unexpectedly; to one's surprise
• kǔ gànku3 gan4苦干x1 | Book Rank #13143to work hard
• dú jūdu2 ju1独居x2 | Book Rank #8933to live alone; to live a solitary existence
• yī jiǎoyi1 jiao3一角x2 | Book Rank #8934
• xiǎo lóuxiao3 lou2小楼x1 | Book Rank #13144small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
• yè yǐ jì rìye4 yi3 ji4 ri4夜以继日x1 | Book Rank #13145night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
• mái tóu gōng zuòmai2 tou2 gong1 zuo4埋头工作x1 | Book Rank #13146
• duǎn qīduan3 qi1短期x3 | Book Rank #6801short-term
• gào jiàgao4 jia4告假x2 | Book Rank #8935
• kòng xiánkong4 xian2空闲x2 | Book Rank #8936leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
• màn màn cháng yèman4 man4 chang2 ye4漫漫长夜x1 | Book Rank #13147endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
• shī miánshi1 mian2失眠x1 | Book Rank #13148to suffer from insomnia
• měi wǎnmei3 wan3每晚x1 | Book Rank #13149
• lín shuì qiánlin2 shui4 qian2临睡前x1 | Book Rank #13150
• ān mián yàoan1 mian2 yao4安眠药x2 | Book Rank #8937sleeping pill; CL:粒[li4]
• jiān rěnjian1 ren3坚忍x5 | Book Rank #4701persevering; tenacious
• lè guānle4 guan1乐观x5 | Book Rank #4702optimistic; hopeful