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elephant / CL: 頭|头
HSK 5
ivory / elephant tusk
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  *象* | 象* | *象
elephant / CL: 隻|只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths)
multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
elephant seal
giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌
(slang) elephant
elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
Chinese elephant garlic
geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌
to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)


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