Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• bù xièbu4 xie4不屑x13 | Book Rank #2056to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
• huáng páohuang2 pao2黄袍x1 | Book Rank #10625
• zhōngzhong1终x7 | Book Rank #3312end; finish
• tiāntian1天x68 | Book Rank #450day; sky; heaven
• lùo, lào, làluo4, lao4, la4落x5 | Book Rank #4248落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
• shēn shangshen1 shang5身上x61 | Book Rank #522on the body; at hand; among
• tóng xiàngtong2 xiang4铜像x1 | Book Rank #10626bronze statue; CL:尊[zun1],座[zuo4]
• wàngwang4旺x1 | Book Rank #10627prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
• duō mǔduo1 mu3多姆x1 | Book Rank #10628
• yuán zhùyuan2 zhu4圆柱x1 | Book Rank #10629column; cylinder
• dǐng shàngding3 shang4顶上x1 | Book Rank #10630on top of; at the summit
• dǎo tādao3 ta1倒塌x4 | Book Rank #4967to collapse (of building); to topple over
• xià laixia4 lai5下来x12 | Book Rank #2191to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
• yù yányu4 yan2预言x1 | Book Rank #10631to predict; prophecy
• gǔo ránguo3 ran2果然x10 | Book Rank #2501really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
• jīng rénjing1 ren2惊人x4 | Book Rank #4968astonishing
• zhǔn quèzhun3 que4准确x3 | Book Rank #5910accurate; exact; precise
• zì yǐ wéi shìzi4 yi3 wei2 shi4自以为是x11 | Book Rank #2333to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
• pǔ fǎpu3 fa3普法x1 | Book Rank #10632to disseminate knowledge of the law
• zhàn zhēngzhan4 zheng1战争x23 | Book Rank #1278war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
• Dé gúoDe2 guo2德国x15 | Book Rank #1827Germany
• dǎ bàida3 bai4打败x7 | Book Rank #3313to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
• jiē xià qiújie1 xia4 qiu2阶下囚x1 | Book Rank #10633
• zhèng rúzheng4 ru2正如x35 | Book Rank #851just as; precisely as
• wěi dàwei3 da4伟大x24 | Book Rank #1225huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
• shì biànshi4 bian4事变x2 | Book Rank #7547incident; unforeseen event; events (in general)
• tōng chángtong1 chang2通常x26 | Book Rank #1137regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
• liǎng cìliang3 ci4两次x11 | Book Rank #2334
• dì yī cìdi4 yi1 ci4第一次x18 | Book Rank #1564the first time; for the first time
• bēi jùbei1 ju4悲剧x54 | Book Rank #572tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
• dì èr cìdi4 er4 ci4第二次x9 | Book Rank #2715the second time; second; number two
• xǐ jùxi3 ju4喜剧x4 | Book Rank #4969a comedy; CL:部[bu4],齣|出[chu1]
• yī shìyi1 shi4一世x5 | Book Rank #4249generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
• yīng xíongying1 xiong2英雄x39 | Book Rank #771hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
• zhūo lièzhuo1 lie4拙劣x1 | Book Rank #10634clumsy; botched
• mó fǎng zhěmo2 fang3 zhe3模仿者x1 | Book Rank #10635
• kě xiàoke3 xiao4可笑x7 | Book Rank #3314funny; ridiculous
• zài yúzai4 yu2在于x80 | Book Rank #384to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
• shàng táishang4 tai2上台x7 | Book Rank #3315to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)
• mín zhǔ xuǎn jǔmin2 zhu3 xuan3 ju3民主选举x2 | Book Rank #7548
• zhǎn shìzhan3 shi4展示x8 | Book Rank #2992to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
• jí tuánji2 tuan2集团x22 | Book Rank #1327group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
• dì yīdi4 yi1第一x22 | Book Rank #1328first; most important; primary; foremost
• shān yuèshan1 yue4山岳x1 | Book Rank #10636mountain; hill; lofty mountain
• dǎng réndang3 ren2党人x9 | Book Rank #2716party member; partisan
• gòng hé dǎng réngong4 he2 dang3 ren2共和党人x1 | Book Rank #10637a Republican party member
• dì èrdi4 er4第二x13 | Book Rank #2057second; number two; next; secondary
• bǎo shǒu pàibao3 shou3 pai4保守派x1 | Book Rank #10638conservative faction
• dì zhǔdi4 zhu3地主x9 | Book Rank #2717landlord; landowner; host
• jīn róngjin1 rong2金融x12 | Book Rank #2192banking; finance; financial