Vocabulary: 白鲸
- energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
- to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
- ill omen
- situation; existing state of affairs
- immediate
- substantially; by a wide margin
- bolt; latch; to bolt; to latch
- all around
- (of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
- to open fire; to shoot a gun
- stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
- rigid; inflexible
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic
- to get rid of
- crime; offense
- unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
- to reason; to argue logically
- to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- while still alive; simply; totally
- 笼 lǒng: 笼 long3: to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]笼 lóng: 笼 long2: enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
- invaluable; priceless
- (bound form) hollow space
- muzzle of a gun
- sleep; slumber
- intoxicated man; drunkard
- to wrestle; (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle; Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
- to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
- lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
- first rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn