Vocabulary: 白鲸
- responsibility
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- to revert to old ways
- to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
- agility
- astute; shrewd; smart
- suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
- endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
- close; near; similar to
- 凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: terrible; fearful凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine
- to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on
- (idiom) changeable; fickle
- (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
- to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
- selfish; selfishness
- to incite; to instigate
- intention; regard; kindly feelings
- to provoke; to tease
- brave and chivalrous
- will to fight; fighting spirit
- to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)
- to span; to stretch across; to travel across
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts)
- to steal
- to dredge up; to scoop up from the water; to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
- 好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]
- to scrupulously abide by
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- to snort disdainfully; to scoff at; to turn up one's nose
- scenery in the distance; long-term prospects; (photography) long shot
- to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
- to rebel; to revolt
- direct; concerning oneself; personal
- prophylactic; preventative; protective
- unavoidably; can't help; really; rather