Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• lún lùolun2 luo4沦落x4 | Book Rank #5640to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)
• qián bàn shēngqian2 ban4 sheng1前半生x1 | Book Rank #14149first half of one's life
• běn zhēnben3 zhen1本真x1 | Book Rank #14150true nature; original state; true to one's nature; genuine and unpretentious
• kāng kǎikang1 kai3慷慨x3 | Book Rank #6983vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous
• yàn, Yānyan4, Yan1燕x2 | Book Rank #9297燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan
• chǔ qiúchu3 qiu2楚囚x2 | Book Rank #9298
• Dāo, dāoDao1, dao1刀x4 | Book Rank #5641刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
• liè shìlie4 shi4烈士x10 | Book Rank #2670martyr
• fù jīngfu4 jing1赴京x2 | Book Rank #9299
• cì shāci4 sha1刺杀x8 | Book Rank #3241to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
• liè hǔolie4 huo3烈火x2 | Book Rank #9300raging inferno; blaze
• pín hánpin2 han2贫寒x2 | Book Rank #9301poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
• nóng hùnong2 hu4农户x1 | Book Rank #14151farmer; farmer household
• jī yīnji1 yin1基因x3 | Book Rank #6984gene (loanword)
• yán xíyan2 xi2研习x1 | Book Rank #14152research and study
• fù shùfu4 shu4富庶x3 | Book Rank #6985populous and affluent
• yī shí wú yōuyi1 shi2 wu2 you1衣食无忧x1 | Book Rank #14153not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessities
• shì jǐnshi4 jin3似锦x1 | Book Rank #14154
• huā qiánhua1 qian2花钱x1 | Book Rank #14155to spend money
• juānjuan1捐x2 | Book Rank #9302to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• yī yuányi1 yuan2一员x11 | Book Rank #2474a member (of an organization)
• bǎo shòubao3 shou4饱受x2 | Book Rank #9303to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to
• lěng yùleng3 yu4冷遇x2 | Book Rank #9304a cold reception; to cold-shoulder sb
• fǔ xǐufu3 xiu3腐朽x7 | Book Rank #3644rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate
• fù mǔ shuāng wángfu4 mu3 shuang1 wang2父母双亡x4 | Book Rank #5642to have lost both one's parents
• cí àici2 ai4慈爱x2 | Book Rank #9305love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
• gū érgu1 er2孤儿x2 | Book Rank #9306orphan
• shí sān sì suìshi2 san1 si4 sui4十三四岁x2 | Book Rank #9307
• zào jìuzao4 jiu4造就x3 | Book Rank #6986to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people)
• fù yù, Fù yùfu4 yu4, Fu4 yu4富裕x3 | Book Rank #6987富裕 fù yù: 富裕 fu4 yu4: prosperous; well-to-do; well-off富裕 Fù yù: 富裕 Fu4 yu4: see 富裕縣|富裕县[Fu4 yu4 Xian4]
• dà jiā tíngda4 jia1 ting2大家庭x2 | Book Rank #9308extended family; big family; harmonious group
• yǒu àiyou3 ai4友爱x1 | Book Rank #14156friendly affection; fraternal love
• qīng yàqing1 ya4倾轧x1 | Book Rank #14157conflict; internal strife; dissension
• shí kuàishi2 kuai4石块x2 | Book Rank #9309stone; rock
• chóng chóng dìchong2 chong2 di4重重地x1 | Book Rank #14158
• gū ér guǎ mǔgu1 er2 gua3 mu3孤儿寡母x1 | Book Rank #14159
• shí gèshi2 ge4十个x2 | Book Rank #9310
• mǔmu3亩x1 | Book Rank #14160classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
• liáng tiánliang2 tian2良田x1 | Book Rank #14161good agricultural land; fertile land
• chóuchou2愁x2 | Book Rank #9311to worry about
• dà jiā zúda4 jia1 zu2大家族x2 | Book Rank #9312
• yán gùo qí shíyan2 guo4 qi2 shi2言过其实x1 | Book Rank #14162(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
• dūo chóu shàn gǎnduo1 chou2 shan4 gan3多愁善感x1 | Book Rank #14163(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
• zǎo shìzao3 shi4早逝x2 | Book Rank #9313early demise; untimely death
• gū jìgu1 ji4孤寂x2 | Book Rank #9314lonesome; desolate
• nì àini4 ai4溺爱x1 | Book Rank #14164to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
• sā jiāosa1 jiao1撒娇x1 | Book Rank #14165to act like a spoiled child; to throw a tantrum; to act coquettishly
• wú yōu wú lǜwu2 you1 wu2 lu:4无忧无虑x1 | Book Rank #14166(idiom) carefree; without worries
• chá yán guān sècha2 yan2 guan1 se4察言观色x1 | Book Rank #14167to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom); to discern what sb thinks from his body language
• xiǎo xīn yì yìxiao3 xin1 yi4 yi4小心翼翼x3 | Book Rank #6988(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent