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a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
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  *污* | 污* | *污
dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
(literary) dirty; filthy / (literary) dirt; filth
HSK 7-9
dirt road
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
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  *尘* | 尘* | *尘
dust / dirt / earth
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
(coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]
dirt; filth; grime
head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed
dirt / grime
dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing
(coll.) very low price; dirt cheap price
to look upon as dirt / considered worthless
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill)
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  *垢* | 垢* | *垢
dirt / disgrace
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  *挶* | 挶* | *挶
structure for carrying dirt
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  *埃* | 埃* | *埃
dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e
greasy dirt
to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault / to nitpick
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  *峁* | 峁* | *峁
round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)


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