Vocabulary: 白鲸
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- Thomas (male name)
- 埃 āi: 埃 ai1: dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e埃 āi: 埃 Ai1: abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Ai1 sai4 e2 bi3 ya4]
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- 匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: (bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: classifier for cloth: bolt
- Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
- Bergen
- boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- used in 琥珀[hu3 po4]
- travel notes
- on the road; on the way; en route
- to see; to catch sight of
- nature (the natural world)
- to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement
- shoulder
- 管子 guǎn zi: 管子 guan3 zi5: tube; pipe; drinking straw; CL:根[gen1]管子 Guǎn zǐ: 管子 Guan3 zi3: Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
- air vent; louvre
- as much as one likes
- to splash; to splatter
- to discharge water; to appear out of the water; to break the surface
- Herbert (name)
- to sail; to fly; to navigate
- Kohl (name); Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
- to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part
- to be careful; to take care
- to advance; forward motion
- for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
- to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- around the world; worldwide
- Elbe River
- (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
- wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events
- 东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast
- to be called; to be known as
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- 号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl号 hào: 号 hao4: (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items