Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to combine; to join; unite; alliance
- commanding officer
- trace; vestige; presence
- one's line; one's own profession
- to recuperate; to recover (health); to convalesce
- relatives and friends
- to make merry
- to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom); fig. vigorous and lively
- to issue an order
- illegitimate son
- to hurry (to some place)
- to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
- to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating)
- capstan
- 机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji
- pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
- an answering voice; to answer a voice; to respond; to copy a voice; to parrot
- to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- a post; a job
- front part; front section
- (idiom) as everyone knows
- title; rank; appellation
- to possess; to own
- license; permit
- saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
- to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)
- occasionally; now and then
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- full of vigor (idiom); lively; in high spirits
- (idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
- lane; alley
- 曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- to tend; to take care of sb
- (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 照 zhào: 照 zhao4: to shine; to illuminate照 zhào: 照 zhao4: according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- to come across (sb); to run into
- to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation