自身: itself, oneself, one's own...
不堪: cannot bear, cannot stand, utterly, extremely...
无所作为: attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive, feckless...
国学: Chinese national culture, studies of ancient Chinese civilization, the Imperial College (history)...
糟: dregs, draff, pickled in wine, rotten, messy, ruined...
传染: to infect, contagious...
眼: eye, small hole, crux (of a matter), classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)...
引起: to give rise to, to lead to, to cause, to arouse...
挺拔: tall and straight...
火柴: match (for lighting fire)...
