Vocabulary: 白鲸
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- to hit (a target); to strike
- to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to control
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- wild nature; unruliness
- to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]
- young horse (colt or filly)
- 冠 guān: 冠 guan1: hat; crown; crest; cap冠 Guàn: 冠 Guan4: surname Guan冠 guàn: 冠 guan4: to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
- both ends; both parties to a deal
- male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
- slow; unhurried; sluggish
- to swim (bound form)
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- ashore; on the riverbank
- beech
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu4 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2]; Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)
- naturalist (expert in natural history)
- top speed; at full speed
- to cry out in fear
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- (bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
- important; urgent
- 屠 tú: 屠 tu2: to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre屠 Tú: 屠 Tu2: surname Tu
- Wharton (name)
- partner; companion; comrade
- don't!; must not
- discouraged; downhearted
- brave; courageous
- to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)