Vocabulary: 第十九章 长夜
from 陈寅恪的最后二十年
- 介绍x1 | Chapter Rank #703to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 曾x8 | Chapter Rank #65surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- 挥洒x1 | Chapter Rank #704to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free style
- 地x11 | Chapter Rank #42-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 评论x1 | Chapter Rank #705to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #706road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 引x2 | Chapter Rank #343to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 录x2 | Chapter Rank #344to carve wooddiary; record; to hit; to copysurname Lu
- 毛主席x3 | Chapter Rank #220Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
- 广东省x3 | Chapter Rank #221Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 粵|粤[Yue4])
- 档案馆x2 | Chapter Rank #345archive library
- 藏x1 | Chapter Rank #707Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collectstorehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- 现在x5 | Chapter Rank #121now; at present; currently
- 课程x1 | Chapter Rank #708course; academic program; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2]
- 就是x5 | Chapter Rank #122exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 多x9 | Chapter Rank #57many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 害死x2 | Chapter Rank #346to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death
- 使x2 | Chapter Rank #347to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 中学生x1 | Chapter Rank #709middle-school student; high school student
- 大学生x1 | Chapter Rank #710university student; college student
- 天天x1 | Chapter Rank #711every day
- 处于x2 | Chapter Rank #348to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- 紧张状态x1 | Chapter Rank #712tense situation; standoff
- 历来x1 | Chapter Rank #713always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- 状元x1 | Chapter Rank #714top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- 出色x1 | Chapter Rank #715remarkable; outstanding
- 李白x1 | Chapter Rank #716Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
- 杜甫x1 | Chapter Rank #717Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
- 不是x6 | Chapter Rank #96fault; blameno; is not; not
- 进士x4 | Chapter Rank #163successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 翰林x3 | Chapter Rank #222refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 韩愈x1 | Chapter Rank #718Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
- 柳宗元x1 | Chapter Rank #719Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
- 二等x1 | Chapter Rank #720second class; second-rate
- 王实甫x1 | Chapter Rank #721Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
- 关汉卿x1 | Chapter Rank #722Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
- 罗贯中x1 | Chapter Rank #723Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works
- 蒲松龄x1 | Chapter Rank #724Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
- 曹雪芹x1 | Chapter Rank #725Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
- 凡是x1 | Chapter Rank #726each and every; every; all; any
- 当x3 | Chapter Rank #223(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 成功x2 | Chapter Rank #349Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 明朝x1 | Chapter Rank #727tomorrow morning; the following morningMing Dynasty (1368-1644)
- 搞x3 | Chapter Rank #224to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 好x3 | Chapter Rank #225good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 只有x3 | Chapter Rank #226only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 明太祖x1 | Chapter Rank #728Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
- 明成祖x1 | Chapter Rank #729Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
- 两x3 | Chapter Rank #227two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 皇帝x1 | Chapter Rank #730emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]