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(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
outer ear
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
middle ear
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
with one's own ears
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)
rice ear
inner ear
stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean
the walls have ears (idiom)
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穟* | 穟* | *穟
ear of grain
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
in one ear and out the other
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
ears
to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]
ear pick
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
ear piercing hole; earring hole
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
ear (of corn or sorghum etc) / bunch (of grapes) / infructescence
ossicles (of the middle ear) / three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
(anatomy) ear canal
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 of the middle ear) / auditory tube
to remove earwax with an ear pick
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
pleasing to the ear
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耳* | 耳* | *耳
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
(idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秀* | 秀* | *秀
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馘* | 馘* | *馘
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穗* | 穗* | *穗
ear of grain / fringe / tassel
outer ear; auricle; pinna
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
jug ears
ear
raucous / ear-splitting
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
ear of wheat
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
ear pick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擗* | 擗* | *擗
(literary) to beat the breast / to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
Ear Care Day (March 3)
protruding ears
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聃* | 聃* | *聃
ears without rim
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water

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