| | skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp; soggy / (coll.) naughty; mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²) | HSK 3 |
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| | steamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling / (Tw) beancurd skin sheet folded into a small square packet shape then dried | |
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| | to apply a skin-smoothing effect (in photo editing) / to smooth the skin (cosmetic procedure) | |
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| | (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off | |
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| | boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) | |
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| | snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing) | |
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| | (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth / (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless | |
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| | fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins | |
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| | lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter) | |
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| | skin toner | |
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| | skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship | HSK 7-9 |
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| | frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay | HSK 7-9 |
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| | outer skin / carapace | |
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| | to skin; to flay; to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2] | |
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| | don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat | |
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| | outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal | |
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| | muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism | |
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| | "Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang) | |
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| | (coll.) handbag; purse / (Tw) (coll.) bag one carries (e.g. shoulder bag or backpack) / (coll.) small bump on the skin (pimple, mosquito bite etc) | |
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| | skin disease; skin condition; dermatosis | |
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| | skin-friendly | |
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| | to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to peel / to remove the skin / to tare | |
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| | stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin) | |
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| | fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge | |
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| | (medicine) skin test | |
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| | to whiten (the skin or teeth) | |
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| | to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance | |
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| | animal skin / hide | |
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| | to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) | |
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| | dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) | |
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| | physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer | |
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| | dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented | |
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| | flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub | |
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| | thin-skinned / sensitive | |
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| | skin / fur | |
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| | body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat) | |
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| | crispy skin (of food) | |
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| | skin / covering | |
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| | to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig | HSK 7-9 |
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| | miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash | |
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| | skin | |
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| | to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc) | |
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| | skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell | |
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| | color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks | |
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| | (of skin) satiny | |
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| | (of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap | |
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| | startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin | |
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| | form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM) | |
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| | Pond's (brand of skin care products) | |
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| | swelling or lump on skin; pimple / knot; lump / preoccupation; problem | |
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| | under the skin / subcutaneous (injection) | |
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| | ram, esp. gelded / to castrate / deer's skin | |
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| | dark spot or blotch on the skin | |
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| | to flay / to skin / (fig.) to exploit / to take advantage of | |
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| | pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin) | |
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| | skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell | |
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| | real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) | |
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| | to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) | |
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| | cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) | |
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| | outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) | |
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| | mound; hillock / welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) | |
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| | diving / esp. skin diving | |
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| | lupus (skin disease) | |
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| | sore; skin ulcer | |
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| | (of skin) fair and clear | |
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| | to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah | |
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| | callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 | |
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| | melanoma (type of skin cancer) | |
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| | to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep | |
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| | Nivea, skin and body care brand | |
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| | pork skin | |
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| | tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) | |
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| | (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) | |
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| | to graft skin / skin grafting | |
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| | (of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience | |
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| | favus of the scalp (skin disease) | |
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| | to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck | |
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| | brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned | |
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| | plum with bright red skin | |
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| | pruritus / itchy skin | |
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| | (of skin etc) fair / delicate | |
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| | skin cancer | |
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| | skin color | |
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| | mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth | |
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| | (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite / (of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin) sting | |
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| | precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle | |
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| | favus of the scalp (skin disease) | |
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| | to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped | |
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| | freediving; skin diving | |
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| | Nivea, skin and body care brand | |
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| | texture (of skin, surface etc) | |
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| | sunburn spots (on skin) | |
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| | sore / skin ulcer | |
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| | self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen | |
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