Vocabulary: 白鲸
- peach blossom; (fig.) love affair
- 芯 xīn: 芯 xin1: (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)芯 xìn: 芯 xin4: used in 芯子[xin4 zi5]; Taiwan pr. [xin1]
- 木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
- to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
- can be rated as; can be said to be
- impressive; out of the ordinary
- to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)
- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- to replace; alternately; in turn
- first class; category A
- cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- to sway; to wobble; to waver
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- to run away; to escape
- discerning eye
- as to; considering; for
- convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
- at the present time; currently
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- to foresee; to anticipate
- to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow
- cautious; prudent
- (idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable
- Quebec province, Canada
- ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
- pure and holy
- to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- wide; broad; extensive; widespread
- reputation; fame
- pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
- to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
- to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
- to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle