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  *土* | 土* | *土
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
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  *末* | 末* | *末
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
HSK 4
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
HSK 7-9
airborne sand and dust
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
(coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
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  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
dust
HSK 7-9
dust
fine powder / dust
(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
to blow away dust
dust
the dust of a long journey
covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塵* | 塵* | *塵
dust / dirt / earth
lit. with a face full of dust / showing the hardships of travel (idiom)
dust cloud
dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter
dust devil
windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
topsoil / surface dust
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撣* | 撣* | *撣
to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:
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  *眯* | 眯* | *眯
to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3]
lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in
dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol
the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled
smoke and dust / air pollution
(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
dust haze / dust storm
dust storm
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  *壒* | 壒* | *壒
dust / mud
sand and dust storm
dust filter
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
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  *埃* | 埃* | *埃
dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e
dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
to sprinkle powder / a dusting
dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
cloud of dust / smog
(literary) ceiling / (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust
powder / dust
dust mite
to wash off dust
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坱* | 坱* | *坱
fine dust / plentiful / vast
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  *撢* | 撢* | *撢
to dust
lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn
floating dust / atmospheric particles
dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
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  *坋* | 坋* | *坋
dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
dusting machine / dust filter
speck of dust / fine dust
lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
coal dust / coal slack
to gather dust
tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible
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  *坲* | 坲* | *坲
(of dust) to rise in the air
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
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  *塕* | 塕* | *塕
flying dust (dialect) / dust


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