Vocabulary: 白鲸
- second; number two; next; secondary
- 摇 Yáo: 摇 Yao2: surname Yao摇 yáo: 摇 yao2: to shake; to rock; to row; to crank
- firm and solid; robust; reliable
- to look askance; cross or wall-eyed
- to dance; to wield; to brandish
- technique; trick; skill
- deft; nimble; ingenious
- to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam
- sequence; order
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- to bring up the rear; to provide support; to hold the lines
- all new; completely new
- delighted; with great joy; in high spirits
- social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)
- servant
- affected; artificial
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- to catalyze (a reaction); catalysis
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- one and only (idiom); rarely seen; unique of its kind
- seat of honor; first place
- polite and modest
- to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
- Babylon
- overbearing; arrogant bully
- a little; a bit
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
- prestige
- king; emperor; (fig.) the best; champion
- to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner
- taste; flavor; feeling
- statutory; law-based; legal
- to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion
- reason; cause
- mane
- sea lion
- coral
- deferential; respectful
- sequence; order
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- child