Vocabulary: 白鲸
- pedant
- dance hall; ballroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
- Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
- the sky; the heavens
- high tide; high water
- Ganges River
- stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
- to quiver; to vibrate; to shake (sth)
- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- wild; unrestrained
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- grape
- to crisscross; to intertwine
- waist
- graceful; lithe; light and graceful; lighthearted; relaxed
- elbow; pork shoulder
- woven mat
- naked
- palm tree
- Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
- to have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed; to sleep
- lush green; verdant
- to transplant
- to hope; to admire
- cliff; steep; precipice
- 脊梁 jǐ liáng: 脊梁 ji3 liang2: backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]脊梁 jǐ liang: 脊梁 ji3 liang5: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
- to welcome; to greet
- Portugal
- sword