Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash
- (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
- to increase; to strengthen
- to be compelled; to be forced
- 衣 yì: 衣 yi4: to dress; to wear; to put on (clothes)衣 yī: 衣 yi1: clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145
- feeling better; to be more at ease
- 翼 Yì: 翼 Yi4: surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)翼 yì: 翼 yi4: wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- appearance; manner; bearing; deportment; look; expression; mien
- treachery; devious; a rogue
- to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into
- to wane; to vanish gradually
- plateau; CL:片[pian4]
- to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
- to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
- clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
- intelligence; intellect
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- to attack violently; to storm
- to engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything
- consciousness; state of mind; compos mentis
- pointed object; cusp; pinnacle; steeple
- bathing spot
- subterranean; underground
- twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
- to sit upright
- to bury
- ruins; historic relics
- trunk; torso
- lintel; crossbeam
- arrogant; haughty; proud
- to bring up (children); to raise; to bear
- to go into exile; to be in exile