Vocabulary: 白鲸
- play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to knock on a door
- lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard; absolute silence
- to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
- to suffer a paralyzing stroke
- (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
- (bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center; eccentric
- gun barrel
- female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife
- 错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo
- hastily
- female servant; maid
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- extremely quiet
- fatal; resulting in sb's death
- mustard; wasabi
- can; jar; pot
- vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
- bottle; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) child
- to accept or reject
- to pry open; to lever open
- at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
- it could even be said
- with complex feelings (idiom)
- doctor; medical practitioner
- door of a room
- subconscious mind
- the wing of the nose; ala nasi
- to cry out in alarm or surprise
- no good
- wardrobe; closet; cabinet
- to return (to)