Vocabulary: 第十七章 今生所剩无几日
from 陈寅恪的最后二十年
- 数万里x1 | Chapter Rank #2804
- 历x1 | Chapter Rank #2805calendarto experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- 遭逢x1 | Chapter Rank #2806to encounter (sth unpleasant)
- 世界大战x1 | Chapter Rank #2807world war
- 内战x1 | Chapter Rank #2808civil war
- 不胜x1 | Chapter Rank #2809cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely
- 栖身x1 | Chapter Rank #2810to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
- 岭x1 | Chapter Rank #2811used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]mountain range; mountain ridge
- 奄奄x2 | Chapter Rank #1184
- 垂死x2 | Chapter Rank #1185dying
- 木x1 | Chapter Rank #2812(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; woodensurname Mu
- 矣x2 | Chapter Rank #1186classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 默念x2 | Chapter Rank #1187to read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself; to contemplate inwardly
- 平生x2 | Chapter Rank #1188all one's life
- 固x3 | Chapter Rank #696hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- 未尝x3 | Chapter Rank #697not ever; not necessarily
- 侮x3 | Chapter Rank #698to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
- 自矜x3 | Chapter Rank #699to boast; to blow one's own horn
- 告慰x2 | Chapter Rank #1189to comfort; to console
- 友朋x3 | Chapter Rank #700
- 追踪x1 | Chapter Rank #2813to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
- 昔x1 | Chapter Rank #2814surname Xiformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 幽居x1 | Chapter Rank #2815
- 疏x2 | Chapter Rank #1190to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotationsurname Shu
- 汾水x1 | Chapter Rank #2816
- 曲x1 | Chapter Rank #2817tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]bent; crooked; wrongsurname Qufermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 先哲x1 | Chapter Rank #2818the wise and learned individuals of the past
- 范x1 | Chapter Rank #2819pattern; model; examplesurname Fan
- 契x1 | Chapter Rank #2820to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- 后生x1 | Chapter Rank #2821young generation; youth; young man
- 方丈x1 | Chapter Rank #2822one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortalssquare zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber
- 蓬莱x1 | Chapter Rank #2823(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland; see 蓬萊區|蓬莱区[Peng2 lai2 Qu1]
- 渺x1 | Chapter Rank #2824(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
- 徒x1 | Chapter Rank #2825(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentencesurname Tu
- 梦寐x1 | Chapter Rank #2826to dream; to sleep
- 乎x1 | Chapter Rank #2827(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 遐想x1 | Chapter Rank #2828reverie; daydream; to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #2829that's all; nothing more
- 呜呼x1 | Chapter Rank #2830alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die
- 少时x1 | Chapter Rank #2831
- 异x3 | Chapter Rank #701different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- 他人x1 | Chapter Rank #2832another person; sb else; other people
- 望x1 | Chapter Rank #2833full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 虽然x1 | Chapter Rank #2834although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 欧阳永叔x1 | Chapter Rank #2835
- 韩昌黎x1 | Chapter Rank #2836
- 撰x3 | Chapter Rank #702to compose; to compile
- 五代x3 | Chapter Rank #703Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
- 史记x1 | Chapter Rank #2837Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 义x2 | Chapter Rank #1191surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship