Vocabulary: 白鲸
- steel
- mourning garment
- 中式 zhòng shì: 中式 zhong4 shi4: to pass the imperial examinations中式 Zhōng shì: 中式 Zhong1 shi4: Chinese style
- cotton cloth
- spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry; well-off; affluent
- trousers
- to shine; shiny
- 褶 xí: 褶 xi2: (arch.) court dress褶 zhě: 褶 zhe3: pleat; crease; Taiwan pr. [zhe2]
- to organize; to put together; to edit
- plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
- Manila, capital of Philippines
- indigenous peoples; aborigine
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority
- evil or wicked conduct
- to have a bad reputation
- to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid
- spy
- special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy
- head person; leader
- thunder rolls
- unable to change sth; unable to deal with
- (literary) stunned; stupefied
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- block and tackle
- 转动 zhuàn dòng: 转动 zhuan4 dong4: to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate转动 zhuǎn dòng: 转动 zhuan3 dong4: to turn sth around; to swivel
- to paddle
- to separate; to disperse
- to surround; to gird
- everybody; everyone; we all
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
- to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation); to recoup
- don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to
- smuggled illegal alien; stowaway
- precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
- to console; to comfort; to soothe
- to sigh; to exclaim
- helper; assistant