Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- complexion; look
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- forever; eternal
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- you (plural)
- warm
- even; so much so that
- 那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- powerless; lacking strength
- 雪 Xuě: 雪 Xue3: surname Xue雪 xuě: 雪 xue3: snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]; used in the transliteration of female names
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
- face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- but; however
- sometimes
- people
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
- feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
- miserable; wretched
- and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- then; after that; afterwards
- to open (one's eyes)
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- wine cup
- to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
- cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
- grieved; sorrowful
- candid; frank
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- to renounce; to abandon; to give up