Vocabulary: 白鲸
- south latitude
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
- until
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- then; at that time; in those days
- the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- to cover
- for a specific purpose; specially
- to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- each; every
- color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- form; shape
- kind; genus; type; category; variety; species; sort; class
- diving; esp. skin diving
- to chase; to pursue vigorously
- to fight
- simply; really
- unable to; incapable of
- each; every
- to contain; including
- insect or insect-like small creature (literary); base person (used as a curse word)
- to assemble; to gather
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- mysterious; mystery
- instinct
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- desolate
- waters; body of water
- avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
- enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
- 刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao
- a saw (CL:把[ba3]); to saw
- spiral
- 角 Jué: 角 Jue2: surname Jue角 jiǎo: 角 jiao3: angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]角 jué: 角 jue2: role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale
- 勾 Gōu: 勾 Gou1: surname Gou勾 gōu: 勾 gou1: to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude勾 gòu: 勾 gou4: used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]