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


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