Vocabulary: 白鲸
- number; numerals; figures; digital; amount; numerical code
- coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
- flag; banner; CL:面[mian4]
- (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
- to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
- only
- to notify; to inform
- to inspire; to incite
- (physics) attractive force (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc); suction; (fig.) attraction; appeal
- to bring disaster to
- to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
- xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ)
- weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
- to flash past; to flit by
- to translate; to interpret
- epilogue; afterword
- literature
- (name) Melville; Herman Melville (1819–1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[Bai2 jing1]
- 供养 gōng yǎng: 供养 gong1 yang3: to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents供养 gòng yǎng: 供养 gong4 yang3: to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
- favorable criticism; positive evaluation
- award; prize; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster
- list of successful applicants for college admission; list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
- to pass away; to die
- to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue
- history of literature
- lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes
- Whitman (surname); Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet and journalist
- James (name); LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
- 20th century
- 小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose
- novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
- flute
- colorful; flamboyant
- cadence; rhythm; rhyme scheme; meter (in verse); (linguistics) prosody