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lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼻* | 鼻* | *鼻
nose
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
bridge of the nose
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
to have a runny nose
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
to have a stuffy nose
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
the front (nose) of a plane etc
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose
bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
to follow one's nose
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
aquiline nose / Roman nose
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
nose pad (on eyeglasses)
nose ring
to lead by the nose
to pick one's nose
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗅* | 嗅* | *嗅
to smell / to sniff / to nose
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衄* | 衄* | *衄
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼽* | 鼽* | *鼽
congested nose
nose stud; nose piercing
alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
nose and throat
nose flute
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
to blow one's nose
a slug / sb with a runny nose
the wing of the nose / ala nasi
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
leaf-nosed bat
cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擤* | 擤* | *擤
to blow (one's nose)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頞* | 頞* | *頞
junction of nose and forehead
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齉* | 齉* | *齉
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
nose hair
tip of the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劓* | 劓* | *劓
cut off the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呛* | 呛* | *呛
to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb
Formosan leaf-nosed bat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齈* | 齈* | *齈
cold in the head catarrh of the nose
nose-acupuncture therapy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齆* | 齆* | *齆
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)


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