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| | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
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| | empennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc); rear spoiler (of a car) | |
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| | (bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps) | |
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| | gondola (Venetian canal boat) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis) | |
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| | lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece | |
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| | lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation | |
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| | (Beijing dialect) intact / in one piece | |
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| | (bird species of China) racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) | |
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| | (bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens) | |
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| | ending / coda / to wind up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Matsuo (Japanese surname and place name) | |
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| | from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing) | |
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| | (bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) | |
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| | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish | |
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| | horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc | |
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| | coda / epilogue / end | HSK 7-9 |
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| | keyhole saw / pad saw | |
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| | (bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) | |
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| | (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura) | |
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| | remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) | |
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| | outer corner of the eye | |
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| | end; tip; extremity | |
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| | exhaust; emissions | HSK 7-9 |
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| | back part; rear section; tail section | |
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| | (bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini) | |
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| | a year-end dinner for employees | |
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| | end of the year | |
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| | fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening | |
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| | lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond | |
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| | (bird species of China) hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) | |
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| | balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt | |
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| | to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of | |
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| | last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc | |
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| | lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom | |
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| | appendectomy (medicine) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi) | |
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| | (hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches | |
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| | (bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) | |
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| | balance (money remaining due) | |
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| | hair ends | |
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| | (bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) | |
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| | lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off | |
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| | (bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) | |
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| | wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream | |
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| | sage (Salvia officinalis) | |
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| | suffix | |
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| | lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain | |
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| | large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates | |
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| | swallow-tailed coat / tails | |
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| | tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number | |
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| | mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings | |
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| | rhyme | |
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| | to complete the last stage of work / to round off | |
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| | outflow channel | |
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| | (idiom, from Book of Songs) unable to advance or retreat | |
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| | to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam) | |
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| | (bird species of China) greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) | |
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| | pig's tail (meat) | |
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| | (phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn) | |
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| | iris (family Iridaceae) | |
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| | white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) | |
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| | acute appendicitis (medicine) | |
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| | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air | |
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| | the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable) | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) | |
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| | Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan | |
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| | onset and rime | |
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| | Iricdaceae, the iris family | |
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| | final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages) | |
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| | to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal) | |
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| | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel | |
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| | koala | |
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| | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
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| | afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing | |
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| | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | (coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) | |
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| | tail light (on vehicle) | |
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| | (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail | |
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| | (bird species of China) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus) | |
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| | appendix / vermiform appendix (anatomy) | |
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| | to copulate (of animals) / to mate | |
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| | (aviation) tailfin; vertical stabilizer | |
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| | to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation | |
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| | attack from the rear | |
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| | coccyx / tailbone | |
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| | (bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) | |
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| | feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Przevalski's redstart; Ala Shan redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) | |
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| | (calque) cocktail | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus) | |
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