Vocabulary: 地心游记
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
- to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
- silver (color)
- full of stains or spots
- to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up
- wake (of ship); flight path
- seaweed; marine alga; kelp
- to breed; to reproduce; to propagate
- beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
- (bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 碩士|硕士[shuo4 shi4])
- unlimited; unbounded
- (idiom) to enjoy sth and never tire of it
- to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
- alone
- lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom
- scene; sight (to behold)
- fraction; slightest difference; hairsbreadth
- lazily
- one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting
- to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- to weigh anchor
- to write down; to record; written account
- speed (of ship or plane)
- one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short; in a nutshell
- to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- hasty; hurried
- comparatively; relatively; fairly
- 西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
- swift; rapidly
- leeward; downwind; disadvantageous position; to concede or give way in an argument
- 空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: deserted空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent