Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- (idiom) to be famous far and wide
- beautiful; fine
- enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
- near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent
- to monopolize
- lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to be far inferior
- 提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- Carthage
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- aboriginal
- first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
- dugout; canoe; kayak
- to dare to; to be brave enough to
- 单 dān: 单 dan1: bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]单 Shàn: 单 Shan4: surname Shan单 chán: 单 chan2: used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
- pebble; cobblestone
- direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
- to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- now; at present; (anatomy) subocular
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to set out on a journey
- to be predestined
- port; harbor
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- to worry; anxiety (about)
- vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
- dark; darkly; darkness
- dispirited; dejected; dismayed
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of skies or one's mood) gloomy
- dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort