Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• céng dāng guòceng2 dang1 guo4曾当过x1 | Book Rank #13709
• zhī fǔzhi1 fu3知府x1 | Book Rank #13710prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
• hěn xiǎohen3 xiao3很小x1 | Book Rank #13711
• shū fùshu1 fu4叔父x4 | Book Rank #5596father's younger brother; uncle
• yè gōng chuòye4 gong1 chuo4叶恭绰x3 | Book Rank #6916
• Jiāo tōng bùJiao1 tong1 bu4交通部x1 | Book Rank #13712Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
• shū huàshu1 hua4书画x1 | Book Rank #13713painting and calligraphy
• guān xiánguan1 xian2官衔x1 | Book Rank #13714title; official rank
• qí chūqi2 chu1歧出x1 | Book Rank #13715
• mó fànmo2 fan4模范x1 | Book Rank #13716model; fine example
• shī cóngshi1 cong2师从x1 | Book Rank #13717to study under (a teacher)
• ài lüè tèAi4 lu:e4 te4艾略特x2 | Book Rank #9145(name) Elliott; Eliot
• Jiàn qiáo Dà xuéJian4 qiao2 Da4 xue2剑桥大学x1 | Book Rank #13718University of Cambridge
• píng zheping2 zhe5凭着x4 | Book Rank #5597relying on; on the basis of
• wén píngwen2 ping2文凭x12 | Book Rank #2296diploma
• áng shǒuang2 shou3昂首x1 | Book Rank #13719head high; in high spirits; to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
• yīng wén xìying1 wen2 xi4英文系x1 | Book Rank #13720
• jù shūoju4 shuo1据说x2 | Book Rank #9146it is said that; reportedly
• sì suìsi4 sui4四岁x2 | Book Rank #9147
• jí biànji2 bian4即便x6 | Book Rank #4093even if; even though; right away; immediately
• zuì xiǎozui4 xiao3最小x2 | Book Rank #9148
• Yù, yùYu4, yu4遇x4 | Book Rank #5598遇 Yù: 遇 Yu4: surname Yu遇 yù: 遇 yu4: (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
• chūn, Chūnchun1, Chun1春x4 | Book Rank #5599春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun
• Gúo yǔGuo2 yu3国语x1 | Book Rank #13721Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
• bǎi bān tiāo tībai3 ban1 tiao1 ti1百般挑剔x1 | Book Rank #13722
• chún qíngchun2 qing2纯情x1 | Book Rank #13723pure and innocent; a pure heart
• pèi fúpei4 fu2佩服x5 | Book Rank #4756to admire
• rú chī rú zùiru2 chi1 ru2 zui4如痴如醉x2 | Book Rank #9149(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured
• hèn bu dehen4 bu5 de5恨不得x2 | Book Rank #9150wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
• yǐ shēn xiāng xǔyi3 shen1 xiang1 xu3以身相许x1 | Book Rank #13724(of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth
• fēng dù piān piānfeng1 du4 pian1 pian1风度翩翩x1 | Book Rank #13725
• dǎ rùda3 ru4打入x1 | Book Rank #13726to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc); to banish to; to relegate to; to insert; to inject; to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
• guāng máng wàn zhàngguang1 mang2 wan4 zhang4光芒万丈x1 | Book Rank #13727(idiom) boundless radiance; splendor
• bù kě xiàn liàngbu4 ke3 xian4 liang4不可限量x2 | Book Rank #9151
• dōu xíngdou1 xing2都行x1 | Book Rank #13728
• xiǎo māoxiao3 mao1小猫x1 | Book Rank #13729kitten
• rèn jìnren4 jin4韧劲x3 | Book Rank #6917tenacity
• yī shì wú chéngyi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2一事无成x1 | Book Rank #13730(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
• yàn zhèngyan4 zheng4验证x1 | Book Rank #13731to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate
• tiě lǜtie3 lu:4铁律x1 | Book Rank #13732an iron law; a cast-iron rule
• bā miàn líng lóngba1 mian4 ling2 long2八面玲珑x2 | Book Rank #9152be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
• bù jì qí shùbu4 ji4 qi2 shu4不计其数x1 | Book Rank #13733lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable
• sān jiào jǐu líusan1 jiao4 jiu3 liu2三教九流x3 | Book Rank #6918the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
• jié jiāojie2 jiao1结交x3 | Book Rank #6919to make friends with
• dài rén jiē wùdai4 ren2 jie1 wu4待人接物x1 | Book Rank #13734(idiom) to interact with people
• yǐ chéng xiāng dàiyi3 cheng2 xiang1 dai4以诚相待x1 | Book Rank #13735
• rén xiǎo guǐ dàren2 xiao3 gui3 da4人小鬼大x1 | Book Rank #13736
• mó tóumo2 tou2魔头x1 | Book Rank #13737monster; devil
• běn lǐngben3 ling3本领x4 | Book Rank #5600skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
• jiàn gǔijian4 gui3见鬼x1 | Book Rank #13738absurd; strange; (interj.) curse it!; to hell with it!