Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to wipe
- responsible and diligent (idiom)
- in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
- pace; (measured) step; march
- linen or cotton fabric
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- to guarantee; reliable; for sure
- to make dirty; to defile; to smear
- utensils; furniture
- to sweat profusely (idiom); drenched in sweat
- (of the sun) to scorch; to expose to a scorching sun
- to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
- work clothes; workwear
- collar button
- to give a start; to startle (an animal etc)
- to hurry; to rush
- to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
- to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
- upper class
- verdigris
- to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- curtain of night; gathering darkness
- lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
- original spot; previous place; where it was before