Vocabulary: 白鲸
- deathly pale
- the moon
- gullies; valleys
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- shout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout
- to flatter
- to depart from; to deviate from; deviation
- to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate
- heaven
- to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots; a ballot (in share dealing)
- to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur; to lead to
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
- a succession of; a series of
- to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- nationality; ethnic group
- to ask; to inquire
- to confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress
- severe; strict
- a Hebrew
- might; formidable power
- direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
- lit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything; to make a clean breast of it all
- to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
- nautical mile
- reason; cause
- cannot bear to
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to save; to rescue
- 呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to shout; to call out
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- not without
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- (of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc); to suppress (a rebellion etc)
- to control; in control of
- disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
- center; heart; core
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale