Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• gōng tóugong1 tou2工头x1 | Book Rank #14009foreman
• shā rén zhěsha1 ren2 zhe3杀人者x2 | Book Rank #9251
• xiāng bǐxiang1 bi3相比x9 | Book Rank #2926to compare
• dà jiě fūda4 jie3 fu1大姐夫x1 | Book Rank #14010
• shén meshen2 me5甚么x1 | Book Rank #14011
• hàihai4嗐x1 | Book Rank #14012exclamation of regret
• shū dāi zishu1 dai1 zi5书呆子x1 | Book Rank #14013bookworm; pedant; bookish fool
• xiāng xiaxiang1 xia5乡下x4 | Book Rank #5630countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
• chū xi, chū xīchu1 xi5, chu1 xi1出息x2 | Book Rank #9252出息 chū xi: 出息 chu1 xi5: future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up出息 chū xī: 出息 chu1 xi1: to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)
• lìu, lùliu4, lu4六x7 | Book Rank #3639六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
• shàng wànshang4 wan4上万x1 | Book Rank #14014over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• cōng míng réncong1 ming2 ren2聪明人x1 | Book Rank #14015
• zòng róngzong4 rong2纵容x2 | Book Rank #9253to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
• yǎn rányan3 ran2俨然x6 | Book Rank #4103just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out
• chú gǒuchu2 gou3刍狗x1 | Book Rank #14016(literary) straw dog used as a ritual offering in ancient China (treated with reverence during the rite and discarded afterwards)
• qiàqia4恰x4 | Book Rank #5631exactly; just
• xiàng shìxiang4 shi4像是x1 | Book Rank #14017
• fǔ lànfu3 lan4腐烂x3 | Book Rank #6956to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
• kàn bu jiànkan4 bu5 jian4看不见x1 | Book Rank #14018cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
• kàn bu dǒngkan4 bu5 dong3看不懂x3 | Book Rank #6957unable to make sense of what one is looking at
• kǎo juànkao3 juan4考卷x1 | Book Rank #14019exam paper
• jǐ jìnji3 jin4挤进x2 | Book Rank #9254to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into
• diàn tángdian4 tang2殿堂x2 | Book Rank #9255palace; hall; temple buildings
• yǎ jùya3 ju4雅聚x1 | Book Rank #14020
• yī shān lán lǚyi1 shan1 lan2 lv3衣衫褴褛x1 | Book Rank #14021
• bù xīu biān fúbu4 xiu1 bian1 fu2不修边幅x1 | Book Rank #14022not care about one's appearance (idiom); slovenly in dress and manner
• biān chéngbian1 cheng2边城x1 | Book Rank #14023border town; remote town
• cè mùce4 mu4侧目x1 | Book Rank #14024to raise eyebrows; to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation); shocked; surprised
• wú dì zì róngwu2 di4 zi4 rong2无地自容x1 | Book Rank #14025(idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face
• shàng céng shè huìshang4 ceng2 she4 hui4上层社会x1 | Book Rank #14026
• qiáng liè yù wàngqiang2 lie4 yu4 wang4强烈欲望x1 | Book Rank #14027
• wú yuánwu2 yuan2无缘x3 | Book Rank #6958to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
• zài jīng shén shàngzai4 jing1 shen2 shang4在精神上x5 | Book Rank #4780
• yī fēng xìnyi1 feng1 xin4一封信x3 | Book Rank #6959
• wán nòngwan2 nong4玩弄x1 | Book Rank #14028to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
• bù xiāo shuōbu4 xiao1 shuo1不消说x1 | Book Rank #14029
• kě wàngke3 wang4可望x1 | Book Rank #14030can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
• wú jìnwu2 jin4无尽x3 | Book Rank #6960endless; inexhaustible
• qǐ yīnqi3 yin1起因x2 | Book Rank #9256cause; a factor (leading to an effect)
• ān fènan1 fen4安分x1 | Book Rank #14031content with one's lot; knowing one's place
• shì lǐshi4 li3市里x1 | Book Rank #14032li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
• fēi fèn zhī xiǎngfei1 fen4 zhi1 xiang3非分之想x2 | Book Rank #9257
• fēng guāngfeng1 guang1风光x3 | Book Rank #6961scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect)
• zǒu xià pō lùzou3 xia4 po1 lu4走下坡路x2 | Book Rank #9258to go downhill; to decline; to slump
• jiǎng jiājiang3 jia1蒋家x3 | Book Rank #6962
• ān fú XiànAn1 fu2 Xian4安福县x1 | Book Rank #14033Anfu, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi
• shǒu qū yī zhǐshou3 qu1 yi1 zhi3首屈一指x1 | Book Rank #14034to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
• dà fáng zida4 fang2 zi5大房子x1 | Book Rank #14035
• fēn jiāfen1 jia1分家x1 | Book Rank #14036to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups
• zùo chī shān kōngzuo4 chi1 shan1 kong1坐吃山空x1 | Book Rank #14037lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom); fig. to spend one's money without generating any income