Vocabulary: 白鲸
- horizontal beam; wooden crossbar; thwart
- to avoid; so as to save (money or time)
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- to put goods on shelves; (of a product) to be available for sale
- to read; to study
- as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge
- (literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- (onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur
- disciple; follower of a religion
- by comparison
- to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)
- agreement; contract
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- ink; CL:瓶[ping2]
- appropriate; suitable
- opportunity; opportune moment
- to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
- which ones?; who?; what?
- clause (of contract or law); CL:項|项[xiang4]
- salary; wage
- profits
- share; portion
- dividend; to award a bonus
- importance
- to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive)
- one fifth
- also
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- 红 hóng: 红 hong2: red; popular; revolutionary; bonus红 gōng: 红 gong1: used in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]红 Hóng: 红 Hong2: surname Hong
- not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
- to wear out (clothes); to pierce (a membrane etc)
- needless to say; it goes without saying
- to eat without paying; to eat for free
- beef
- need not
- way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]