Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- hemisphere
- daytime
- lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- to go upstairs
- 楼 lóu: 楼 lou2: house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]楼 Lóu: 楼 Lou2: surname Lou
- slow
- to dillydally; slow-going
- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme
- whole; full
- to ache dully
- (onom.) creak; crunch
- to resound; to reverberate; to echo
- mood; frame of mind
- more and more
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- socks; stockings; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1]
- slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- errant
- favor; grace
- to punish; to penalize; to fine
- (of pain or hardship) hard to bear
- to do one's duty; to do one's bit conscientiously
- to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- clear-headed; sober; awake
- in the past; formerly
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- doze; nap
- to drop into; to fall into
- nightmare
- slowly; gradually