Vocabulary: 白鲸
- even; even if; even though; no matter how
- arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces)
- rib; CL:根[gen1]
- (bound form) skirt
- hoop; to bind with hoops
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- deep sea
- to compare
- negligible; insignificant
- undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- elder brother
- Eid (Islam)
- natural science
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2]
- will; shall; to be going to
- to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- Johnson or Johnston (name)
- afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
- originally; at first; at the outset
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- reef
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- 藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- Cook (name); Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
- 个头 gè tóu: 个头 ge4 tou2: size; height个头 ge tóu: 个头 ge5 tou2: (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)
- comparatively large
- to be afraid; to be scared
- to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- maritime