Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking
- an association; a society; CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1]
- president of a club, committee etc
- to sip
- orphan
- 微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
- 温 Wēn: 温 Wen1: surname Wen温 wēn: 温 wen1: warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever
- to cry; to weep
- to bawl, disturbing others
- noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- to grumble; to complain; grievance
- to scrape off; to shave off (whiskers etc); (of the wind) to blow sth away
- to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown); transcription (linguistics); to transcribe phonetic symbols
- 宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- (of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- curved; meandering; zigzagging
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- old-fashioned; old type; outdated
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- oil painting
- smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
- to damage; to injure
- by means of; through; with the help of
- symmetry; symmetrical
- 端详 duān xiáng: 端详 duan1 xiang2: full details; full particulars端详 duān xiang: 端详 duan1 xiang5: to look over carefully; to scrutinize
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- careful; thorough; meticulous
- careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
- 多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat
- to comprehend; to understand
- meaning
- cannot; should not; must not
- large and small; of all sizes
- (lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]