Vocabulary: 白鲸

• shǔi zháshui3 zha2水闸x2 | Book Rank #10804sluice; water gate; waterlocks; floodgate; lock; dam
• líu zhùliu2 zhu4留住x1 | Book Rank #17115to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
• xià xíngxia4 xing2下行x1 | Book Rank #17116(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
• pái chūpai2 chu1排出x1 | Book Rank #17117to discharge
• shàng xíngshang4 xing2上行x1 | Book Rank #17118(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities
• fā bù chūfa1 bu4 chu1发不出x1 | Book Rank #17119
• xìng érxing4 er2幸而x1 | Book Rank #17120by good fortune; luckily
• shū sòngshu1 song4输送x1 | Book Rank #17121to transport; to convey; to deliver
• dǐng céngding3 ceng2顶层x1 | Book Rank #17122top floor; the top of a building
• méi qì guǎn dàomei2 qi4 guan3 dao4煤气管道x2 | Book Rank #10805
• huàn jù huà shūohuan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1换句话说x1 | Book Rank #17123in other words
• pái chū qùpai2 chu1 qu4排出去x1 | Book Rank #17124
• jì shíji4 shi2计时x1 | Book Rank #17125to measure time; to time; to reckon by time
• zhōu qīzhou1 qi1周期x2 | Book Rank #10806period; cycle
• fán rénfan2 ren2烦人x1 | Book Rank #17126to annoy; annoying; irritating; troublesome
• chàng sǔo yù yánchang4 suo3 yu4 yan2畅所欲言x2 | Book Rank #10807lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content
• fēn bù qīngfen1 bu4 qing1分不清x1 | Book Rank #17127
• zhì shēn qí zhōngzhi4 shen1 qi2 zhong1置身其中x1 | Book Rank #17128
• shǔi líushui3 liu2水流x2 | Book Rank #10808river; stream
• xù jīxu4 ji1蓄积x1 | Book Rank #17129to accumulate; to store up
• fǎnfan3反x3 | Book Rank #7848contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
• kēngkeng1坑x3 | Book Rank #7849pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
• sǒngsong3耸x1 | Book Rank #17130to excite; to raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering
• yán yányan2 yan2炎炎x1 | Book Rank #17131scorching
• shǔi guànshui3 guan4水罐x3 | Book Rank #7850container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc
• fǔ shí xìngfu3 shi2 xing4腐蚀性x2 | Book Rank #10809(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness
• kē xué kǎo cháke1 xue2 kao3 cha2科学考察x1 | Book Rank #17132
• tūo lùotuo1 luo4脱落x3 | Book Rank #7851to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)
• yǒu dúyou3 du2有毒x1 | Book Rank #17133poisonous
• xiā diàoxia1 diao4瞎掉x2 | Book Rank #10810
• bù néng zhèng shíbu4 neng2 zheng4 shi2不能证实x1 | Book Rank #17134
• wú fēiwu2 fei1无非x1 | Book Rank #17135only; nothing else
• wú kě zhēng biànwu2 ke3 zheng1 bian4无可争辩x2 | Book Rank #10811
• qiǎn shǔiqian3 shui3浅水x2 | Book Rank #10812shallow water
• pí làngpi2 lang4皮浪x1 | Book Rank #17136
• Dàn dīngDan4 ding1但丁x2 | Book Rank #10813Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
• lùn wénlun4 wen2论文x4 | Book Rank #6248paper; treatise; thesis; CL:篇[pian1]; to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
• liáo ràoliao2 rao4缭绕x5 | Book Rank #5147(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
• mù wǎmu4 wa3木瓦x1 | Book Rank #17137shingle
• gé lóuge2 lou2阁楼x1 | Book Rank #17138garret; loft; attic
• liù bēiliu4 bei1六杯x1 | Book Rank #17139
• rè cháre4 cha2热茶x1 | Book Rank #17140hot tea
• kǔ sī míng xiǎngku3 si1 ming2 xiang3苦思冥想x1 | Book Rank #17141(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains
• shī lù lùshi1 lu4 lu4湿漉漉x2 | Book Rank #10814damp; clammy; dripping wet
• lùn jùlun4 ju4论据x3 | Book Rank #7852grounds (for an argument); contention; thesis
• wēi měngwei1 meng3威猛x1 | Book Rank #17142bold and powerful
• jiā gàijia1 gai4加盖x1 | Book Rank #17143to seal (with an official stamp); to stamp; (fig.) to ratify; to put a lid on (a cooking pot); to cap; to build an extension or additional story
• yìn zhāngyin4 zhang1印章x1 | Book Rank #17144seal; signet; chop; stamp; CL:方[fang1]
• guāng gùguang1 gu4光顾x5 | Book Rank #5148to visit (as a customer)
• yí yúnyi2 yun2疑云x1 | Book Rank #17145a haze of doubts and suspicions