Vocabulary: 安身立命：大时代中的知识人

• pèng zhuàngpeng4 zhuang4碰撞x2 | Book Rank #10104to collide; collision
• Fú lùo yī déFu2 luo4 yi1 de2弗洛伊德x4 | Book Rank #5802Floyd (name); Freud (name); Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
• jì xiàoji4 xiao4绩效x1 | Book Rank #16967performance; results; achievement
• zhōng wàizhong1 wai4中外x3 | Book Rank #7337Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
• wài bù huán jìngwai4 bu4 huan2 jing4外部环境x1 | Book Rank #16968
• niè, Niènie4, Nie4啮x1 | Book Rank #16969啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw; to erode啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw啮 Niè: 啮 Nie4: surname Nie
• bó jībo2 ji1搏击x1 | Book Rank #16970to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey
• Tài píng YángTai4 ping2 Yang2太平洋x1 | Book Rank #16971Pacific Ocean
• xià chuánxia4 chuan2下船x1 | Book Rank #16972
• yī shǐyi1 shi3伊始x2 | Book Rank #10105outset; beginning
• nài dénai4 de2耐得x1 | Book Rank #16973
• jiù zhàijiu4 zhai4旧债x2 | Book Rank #10106
• yǒu tóu wú wěiyou3 tou2 wu2 wei3有头无尾x1 | Book Rank #16974(idiom) to fail to finish off what one started
• bān báiban1 bai2斑白x1 | Book Rank #16975grizzled; graying
• wài wùwai4 wu4外务x1 | Book Rank #16976foreign affairs
• shí wǔshi2 wu3十五x1 | Book Rank #16977fifteen; 15
• bàn bì jiāng shānban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1半壁江山x2 | Book Rank #10107half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
• lúnlun2沦x1 | Book Rank #16978to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• dí shǒudi2 shou3敌手x1 | Book Rank #16979opponent; substantial adversary; worthy match; antagonist; in the enemy's hands
• jìn qíngjin4 qing2尽情x1 | Book Rank #16980as much as one likes
• wèi ziwei4 zi5位子x1 | Book Rank #16981place; seat
• hǎo róng yìhao3 rong2 yi4好容易x1 | Book Rank #16982(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy
• shà, Xiàsha4, Xia4厦x1 | Book Rank #16983厦 shà: 厦 sha4: (bound form) tall building; mansion; (bound form) rear annex; lean-to; Taiwan pr. [xia4]厦 Xià: 厦 Xia4: abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
• dǎo tāndao3 tan1倒坍x1 | Book Rank #16984to collapse (of building)
• fēng chén pú púfeng1 chen2 pu2 pu2风尘仆仆x1 | Book Rank #16985lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
• piāo yáng guò hǎipiao1 yang2 guo4 hai3漂洋过海x1 | Book Rank #16986
• měi yuánmei3 yuan2美援x1 | Book Rank #16987
• lín xínglin2 xing2临行x1 | Book Rank #16988on leaving; on the point of departure
• xiào qìngxiao4 qing4校庆x1 | Book Rank #16989anniversary of the founding of a school
• fā yánfa1 yan2发言x4 | Book Rank #5803to make a speech; statement; utterance; CL:個|个[ge4]
• qì bù chéng shēngqi4 bu4 cheng2 sheng1泣不成声x1 | Book Rank #16990(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
• táo bīngtao2 bing1逃兵x1 | Book Rank #16991army deserter
• fù héfu4 he2复合x2 | Book Rank #10108复合 fù hé: 复合 fu4 he2: (of people who were estranged) to be reconciled; (of a couple) to get back together复合 fù hé: 复合 fu4 he2: complex; compound; composite; hybrid; to compound; to combine
• běn yèben3 ye4本业x1 | Book Rank #16992business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture
• gōng chéng shēn tuìgong1 cheng2 shen1 tui4功成身退x1 | Book Rank #16993
• qià qià xiāng fǎnqia4 qia4 xiang1 fan3恰恰相反x2 | Book Rank #10109just the opposite
• nèi hàonei4 hao4内耗x1 | Book Rank #16994internal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics); fig. waste or discord within an organization
• tǎngtang3淌x1 | Book Rank #16995to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• qī ránqi1 ran2凄然x1 | Book Rank #16996distressed
• gǎi chénggai3 cheng2改成x1 | Book Rank #16997to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
• zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cèzhan3 zhuan3 fan3 ce4辗转反侧x1 | Book Rank #16998to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
• shì fàngshi4 fang4释放x3 | Book Rank #7338to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
• xīn lǐ chǎngxin1 li3 chang3心理场x1 | Book Rank #16999
• píng héng diǎnping2 heng2 dian3平衡点x2 | Book Rank #10110
• bù kě zhuō mōbu4 ke3 zhuo1 mo1不可捉摸x1 | Book Rank #17000
• zhōng bǎizhong1 bai3钟摆x1 | Book Rank #17001pendulum
• dà qì céngda4 qi4 ceng2大气层x1 | Book Rank #17002(meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer
• bù tíngbu4 ting2不停x2 | Book Rank #10111incessant
• yáo huàngyao2 huang4摇晃x1 | Book Rank #17003to rock; to shake; to sway
• gǔ fēnggu3 feng1古风x1 | Book Rank #17004old style; old custom; a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]