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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2]
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
variant of 殼|壳
HSK 7-9
shell (of a mollusk)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
rice husk
carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2]
the body (as opposed to the soul)
crust; hard shell
(of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
the Earth's crust
ammunition case
to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell
eggshell
(coll.) head; skull / (fig.) brains (mental capacity)
clamshell
husk (of rice etc); chaff
(zoology) shell
tortoise shell
coconut shell
case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
crust; crusting; incrustation
bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM)
to exuviate; to molt
oil sump
containment vessel
hull (of a ship)
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
oceanic crust (geology)
tortoise shell
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
cell phone case
oceanic crust (geology)
(coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead
oceanic crust (geology)
tortoise shell
carapace / hard outer shell / also pr. [pi2 ke2]
empty shell
outer ear / auricle / pinna
metal cover
(idiom) muddled; momentarily confused


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