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beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel
HSK 7-9
mustache shaped like character
woman with a manly spirit
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
beard / CL: , 綹|绺
fibrous root
shaving cream
lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers / to do sth very daring
shaver / razor
aftershave
Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
hair and beard
feelers (zoology) / tassel (botany)
(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
whiskers / mustache
(Beijing dialect) intact / in one piece
to grow a beard
asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
roots
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
tendril
tendril
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
tentacles / feelers / antennae
man or men (formal)
see 老生
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
baleen whale / Mysticeti
beard / whiskers


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