Vocabulary: 白鲸
- the eve; the night before
- gloomy
- to read; reading
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk
- boat
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)
- life or death
- to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to look upon; to regard
- oyster
- thin; rarefied
- to exist; to be; existence
- remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish
- to take away
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup
- to cheer for; to acclaim
- to cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm
- Jupiter (Roman god)
- (idiom) powerless to do anything about it
- to preach; a sermon
- bearing; manner; presence
- respected; respectable; honorable
- to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
- door; the opening panel of a door
- respect; esteem; high regard
- old man; elderly man
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
- clergy; clerical
- to write
- elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
- severe winter
- time; season; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- again; twice; (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
- 重重 chóng chóng: 重重 chong2 chong2: layer upon layer; one after another重重 zhòng zhòng: 重重 zhong4 zhong4: heavily; severely