Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• yī chūyi1 chu1一出x3 | Book Rank #7061
• fāng míngfang1 ming2芳名x1 | Book Rank #14586
• shēng míng dà zàosheng1 ming2 da4 zao4声名大噪x1 | Book Rank #14587to rise to fame
• cháng qī dǎ suànchang2 qi1 da3 suan4长期打算x1 | Book Rank #14588
• kǔ duǎnku3 duan3苦短x2 | Book Rank #9463
• piàn kèpian4 ke4片刻x4 | Book Rank #5680short period of time; a moment
• hóng yèhong2 ye4宏业x1 | Book Rank #14589
• juàn yǒngjuan4 yong3隽永x2 | Book Rank #9464meaningful; thought-provoking; significant
• qiān gǔ jué chàngqian1 gu3 jue2 chang4千古绝唱x1 | Book Rank #14590
• cháng niánchang2 nian2长年x2 | Book Rank #9465all the year round
• gū kǔgu1 ku3孤苦x1 | Book Rank #14591
• xíng háixing2 hai2形骸x1 | Book Rank #14592the human body; skeleton
• āi yuèai1 yue4哀乐x1 | Book Rank #14593funeral music; plaint; dirge
• cǐ shēngci3 sheng1此生x1 | Book Rank #14594
• xíng tǐxing2 ti3形体x1 | Book Rank #14595figure; physique; form and structure
• róng huàrong2 hua4融化x5 | Book Rank #4818to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse
• téng yuèteng2 yue4腾越x1 | Book Rank #14596to jump over; to vault; to soar over
• líu xīngliu2 xing1流星x1 | Book Rank #14597meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])
• bō, pán, bānbo1, pan2, ban1般x4 | Book Rank #5681般 bō: 般 bo1: used in 般若[bo1 re3]般 pán: 般 pan2: see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]般 bān: 般 ban1: sort; kind; class; way; manner
• huá, huàhua2, hua4划x3 | Book Rank #7062划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
• liàngliang4亮x2 | Book Rank #9466bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
• yè kōngye4 kong1夜空x1 | Book Rank #14598night sky
• yīng huāying1 hua1樱花x2 | Book Rank #9467oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom; also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
• cǔi càncui3 can4璀璨x1 | Book Rank #14599bright; resplendent
• nián huánian2 hua2年华x1 | Book Rank #14600years; time; age
• suí fēng piāosui2 feng1 piao1随风飘x1 | Book Rank #14601
• jiāo xiāng huī yìngjiao1 xiang1 hui1 ying4交相辉映x1 | Book Rank #14602
• hūi zhī bù qùhui1 zhi1 bu4 qu4挥之不去x2 | Book Rank #9468impossible to get rid of
• tí qiánti2 qian2提前x2 | Book Rank #9469to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
• nù fàngnu4 fang4怒放x1 | Book Rank #14603in full bloom
• xuè hóngxue4 hong2血红x1 | Book Rank #14604
• màn shān biàn yěman4 shan1 bian4 ye3漫山遍野x1 | Book Rank #14605lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see; covering everything; omnipresent
• xiě rùxie3 ru4写入x1 | Book Rank #14606
• zì gǔzi4 gu3自古x1 | Book Rank #14607(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
• chū le míngchu1 le5 ming2出了名x2 | Book Rank #9470
• wèi míngwei4 ming2为名x2 | Book Rank #9471
• lěi, lèi, léilei3, lei4, lei2累x3 | Book Rank #7063累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
• fēng guānfeng1 guan1封官x1 | Book Rank #14608
• juéjue2爵x1 | Book Rank #14609ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• dū dūdu1 du1都督x1 | Book Rank #14610(army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
• jué zhújue2 zhu2角逐x1 | Book Rank #14611to tussle; to contend; to contest
• piáopiao2嫖x1 | Book Rank #14612to visit a prostitute
• dǔdu3赌x1 | Book Rank #14613to bet; to gamble
• nà qièna4 qie4纳妾x1 | Book Rank #14614to take a concubine
• xīxi1吸x1 | Book Rank #14615to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
• jiéjie2洁x2 | Book Rank #9472clean
• yùyu4玉x6 | Book Rank #4116jade
• bīngbing1冰x1 | Book Rank #14616ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
• fù rén rú zifu4 ren2 ru2 zi5妇人孺子x1 | Book Rank #14617
• mò bùmo4 bu4莫不x1 | Book Rank #14618none doesn't; there is none who isn't; everyone