Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to appear; to emerge; to surface
- to take a step; to stride
- iron chain
- (onom.) clang; clatter; bang; crash; clank
- porthole; scuttle
- both; both of them; neither
- good-natured; warm and generous; gentle
- kindly; nice; amiable
- tasty meal; to eat a satisfying meal
- the present time; to be faced with
- expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
- to clarify; to fully understand
- truly; indeed; severely; harshly
- to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
- (of an object) tapered; (of a voice) high-pitched
- tip; end; last few days
- to cut
- to pan fry; to sauté
- oil lamp
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- to swarm; to flock; to throng
- to click one's tongue
- fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine; cash cow
- see 黑水縣|黑水县[Hei1 shui3 Xian4]
- to scoop out; to gouge out
- (idiom) impossible to fault; impeccable
- screw
- to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
- to gold-plate; to gild; (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
- meat cleaver
- pearls; jewels; precious stones
- lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
- to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
- to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
- shady business
- to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle
- slave
- to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)