Vocabulary: 白鲸
- big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
- Baltic Sea
- to adopt confrontational posture; to meet head-on; to compete
- 海盐 hǎi yán: 海盐 hai3 yan2: sea salt海盐 Hǎi yán: 海盐 Hai3 yan2: see 海鹽縣|海盐县[Hai3 yan2 Xian4]
- to form; to forge (alliances etc)
- 丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- to withstand; to stand up to
- to blow out; to blow off; (computer games) to zap; (phone) to ring off the hook; to be jammed; to max out (credit card etc)
- plughole; drainage hole
- (coll.) old fellow; old codger
- tough and durable; tenacious
- soil
- to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
- race; ethnic group
- (lit. and fig.) dark side
- elegant
- to get drunk
- energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect
- fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta
- 仔 zǐ: 仔 zi3: (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed仔 zǎi: 仔 zai3: (dialect) (bound form) young man仔 zī: 仔 zi1: used in 仔肩[zi1 jian1]
- to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
- stature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
- to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
- 圣母 Shèng mǔ: 圣母 Sheng4 mu3: the Virgin Mary圣母 shèng mǔ: 圣母 sheng4 mu3: goddess
- to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
- fist; boxing
- (coll.) gathering place; public venue
- ready-made; readily available
- to kill; to beat to death
- Abe (short form for Abraham); Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies
- clever; wonderful
- happy-go-lucky people; optimists
- to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
- winch; windlass
- whispering sound
- 哩 lǐ: 哩 li3: mile哩 li: 哩 li5: (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])