Vocabulary: 灯塔船
- 支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- fleet (of ships)
- echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- rumble
- to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
- to expend a great deal of effort
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
- horizon
- the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 港 Gǎng: 港 Gang3: Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3]); surname Gang港 gǎng: 港 gang3: harbor; port; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to disappear; to fade away
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- gull; seagull
- to come one after the other
- originally; at first; at the outset
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
- heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- common gull
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 呱呱 guā guā: 呱呱 gua1 gua1: (onom.) sound made by frogs, ducks etc呱呱 gū gū: 呱呱 gu1 gu1: (onom.) the crying of a baby
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain
- to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit
- (of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
- inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- time; length of time; moment; period
- empty; deserted
- almost; nearly; practically
- cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- to fall behind; to drop out
- boat
- hurriedly
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- to see; to catch sight of
- morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future