Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to crush to pieces
- small figure; small amount; the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point); fractional part of a number; number between 0 and 1; decimal fraction
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- let it be; let it pass; forget about it
- debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
- to write off at one stroke
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- debt of gratitude
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- Roman Empire
- to quote a price; quoted price; quote
- (idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
- crucible
- long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
- to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
- (derog.) old fool; old bastard
- (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
- 呛 qiāng: 呛 qiang1: to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)呛 qiàng: 呛 qiang4: to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb
- (for) a lifetime
- elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
- short and stout; dumpy; roly-poly
- to drive a vehicle
- callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 下狠心[xia4 hen3 xin1])
- dead end; (fig.) the road to disaster
- to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
- to gather (people); to collect (talent); to come to an end
- bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless
- 汇报 hùi bào: 汇报 hui4 bao4: to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back汇报 hùi bào: 汇报 hui4 bao4: to report; to give an account of; report
- southwest
- Taiwan
- bus (loanword); motor coach
- East Coast
- Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)