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backbone / spine / Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
HSK 7-9
vertebra / backbone
spine of a book
roof ridge
spinal cord / medulla spinalis
mountain ridge
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  *脊* | 脊* | *脊
(bound form) spine; backbone / (bound form) ridge
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
the back of the human body
notochord (anatomy)
backbone
(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
spinal column / columna vertebralis
sweet and sour pork
spina bifida
vertebra
invertebrate
backbone
poliomyelitis
Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates
ankylosing spondylitis / Bechterew’s disease
scoliosis
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
ridge line
the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原)
vertebrate
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
vertebrate paleontology
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
invertebrate
scoliosis
mid-Atlantic ridge
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
cyclostome (marine biology)
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)
chiropractic (medicine)
chiropractic
mid-ocean ridge
sirloin (beef joint)
Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean)
variant of 鶺鴒|鹡鸰
scoliosis
Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
chiropractor
chiropractic therapy
chordata
ribcage
back (of a human or other vertebrate)
chiropractic
myelitis; inflammation of spinal cord
(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)


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