Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• guān juéguan1 jue2官爵x1 | Book Rank #13680official ranking; titles and honors
• gāo zì wèi zhìgao1 zi4 wei4 zhi4高自位置x1 | Book Rank #13681
• quán wèiquan2 wei4权位x1 | Book Rank #13682power and position (politics)
• gē xíge1 xi2割席x1 | Book Rank #13683(literary) to break off relations with a friend; to sever ties with sb
• jiāngjiang1疆x1 | Book Rank #13684border; boundary
• Xī HànXi1 Han4西汉x3 | Book Rank #6911Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
• Dōng hànDong1 han4东汉x5 | Book Rank #4754Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
• táng réntang2 ren2唐人x1 | Book Rank #13685(used in overseas Cantonese communities) Chinese person
• kuò dákuo4 da2阔达x1 | Book Rank #13686
• chéng qí wèicheng2 qi2 wei4成其为x1 | Book Rank #13687
• chēng hucheng1 hu5称呼x2 | Book Rank #9136to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
• bù jìn rén qíngbu4 jin4 ren2 qing2不近人情x1 | Book Rank #13688(idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable
• qī bā bǎiqi1 ba1 bai3七八百x1 | Book Rank #13689
• duān làiduan1 lai4端赖x1 | Book Rank #13690to depend ultimately on (Tw); absolutely reliant on
• míng shuōming2 shuo1明说x2 | Book Rank #9137
• rén shēng mù biāoren2 sheng1 mu4 biao1人生目标x2 | Book Rank #9138
• shí kèshi2 ke4食客x1 | Book Rank #13691diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
• wéi bó suǒwei2 bo2 suo3韦伯所x1 | Book Rank #13692
• yí hànyi2 han4遗憾x5 | Book Rank #4755regret; to regret; to be sorry that
• zhuān zhì zhèng tǐzhuan1 zhi4 zheng4 ti3专制政体x2 | Book Rank #9139
• tīng huàting1 hua4听话x1 | Book Rank #13693to do what one is told; obedient
• kě xíngke3 xing2可行x2 | Book Rank #9140feasible
• shū bù zhīshu1 bu4 zhi1殊不知x2 | Book Rank #9141little imagined; scarcely realized
• zhàng àizhang4 ai4障碍x3 | Book Rank #6912barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle
• gōng wù yuángong1 wu4 yuan2公务员x1 | Book Rank #13694civil servant; public servant
• zì yóu dǎngzi4 you2 dang3自由党x1 | Book Rank #13695Liberal Party
• bù liǎo liǎo zhību4 liao3 liao3 zhi1不了了之x1 | Book Rank #13696to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite
• fǎn wènfan3 wen4反问x2 | Book Rank #9142to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
• Sī mǎ QiānSi1 ma3 Qian1司马迁x3 | Book Rank #6913Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
• Zhāng QiānZhang1 Qian1张骞x1 | Book Rank #13697Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
• wán xiàowan2 xiao4玩笑x2 | Book Rank #9143to joke; joke; jest
• dà bàn shēngda4 ban4 sheng1大半生x1 | Book Rank #13698
• zhí de yī tízhi2 de5 yi1 ti2值得一提x1 | Book Rank #13699to be worth mentioning
• wú yì jiānwu2 yi4 jian1无意间x1 | Book Rank #13700inadvertently; unintentionally
• tài wǎntai4 wan3太晚x1 | Book Rank #13701
• yè gōng chāoye4 gong1 chao1叶公超x68 | Book Rank #453
• huàn túhuan4 tu2宦途x1 | Book Rank #13702
• Hóu, hòu, hóuHou2, hou4, hou2侯x24 | Book Rank #1258侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
• yǒu míng qìyou3 ming2 qi4有名气x1 | Book Rank #13703
• zhèng jièzheng4 jie4政界x7 | Book Rank #3635political and government circles
• wáng shì jiéwang2 shi4 jie2王世杰x3 | Book Rank #6914
• wú dǐng chāngwu2 ding3 chang1吴鼎昌x1 | Book Rank #13704
• wú jǐng chāowu2 jing3 chao1吴景超x4 | Book Rank #5594
• chuán qí sè cǎichuan2 qi2 se4 cai3传奇色彩x1 | Book Rank #13705
• táng tángtang2 tang2堂堂x4 | Book Rank #5595grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance
• rù zhùru4 zhu4入驻x1 | Book Rank #13706
• shì lín zhōngshi4 lin2 zhong1士林中x2 | Book Rank #9144
• cái zǐcai2 zi3才子x3 | Book Rank #6915gifted scholar
• xiāng chuánxiang1 chuan2相传x1 | Book Rank #13707to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
• zēng zǔzeng1 zu3曾祖x1 | Book Rank #13708great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)