Vocabulary: 白鲸
- for a time; at one time; one time; once
- dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- during; at the time of
- to set sail; to brave the waves
- to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- to jump; to bounce; to hop
- morning; a.m.
- railing; banister
- shiver
- (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
- symptom (of a disease)
- execution by fire; burning at the stake
- 剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck
- raging inferno; blaze
- to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
- robust; healthy; sturdy
- figure (esp. a woman's)
- firm; firmly; hard; stable
- bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
- to manufacture; to turn out (a product)
- mold; matrix; pattern or die
- to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
- to become shaped; to become formed
- Italy
- to cast (molten metal); to mold
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- fine; slim; tender
- to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
- be high up in the sky
- 劈 pǐ: 劈 pi3: to split in two; to divide劈 pī: 劈 pi1: to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
- tree roots
- tree bark
- recess; notch; groove; fillister
- earth; soil; mud; clay
- scallion; green onion; verdant; lush green
- to brand (cattle etc); brand; (fig.) to leave a lasting mark; to stigmatize; mark; stamp; stigma
- wound; injury; trauma