Vocabulary: 白鲸
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- extremely few; a small minority
- to conceal one's identity; living incognito
- voter; constituency; electorate
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)
- effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- power; authority
- idiocy; idiot
- retarded child; moron; idiot
- geography
- to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- centralized state power
- to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
- lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant
- each new high point replaced by another; (of a movie etc) one climax after another
- unexpected; previously unimagined
- hair and beard
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- imposing; grand
- apparel; clothing and personal adornment
- to hide; to cover (one's tracks)
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- firmament
- dining table; dinner table; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- nickname
- ash-colored
- (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
- to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc)
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- glossy; sleek; smooth
- slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level; (fig.) dull; monotonous; tablet computer (abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2 ban3 dian4 nao3]); phablet (large smartphone combining features of phone and tablet) (abbr. for 平板手機|平板手机[ping2 ban3 shou3 ji1])
- to keep totally silent; noiselessly
- servant
- to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
- flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
- cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately
- prime minister (in feudal China)
- adequate; sufficient; abundant