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HSK
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
HSK 4
(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)
HSK 4
jitterbug (loanword)
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
fenugreek
to blink / to wink
dry / parched / dull / insipid
(physiology) (loanword) lymph
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)
samba (dance) (loanword)
chin
(suffix) very / extremely
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw)
Cuba
to stutter
dick / penis (vulgar)
(loanword) rhumba
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
big Russian-style bread (loanword from Russian "хлеб")
a mute / mute; silent
minibus
stammeringly
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
wrinkled / crumpled / unironed
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
India and Pakistan
pathetic / pitiful
waiting anxiously / impatient
Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
table salt
(coll.) mud
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
(loanword) amoeba
China-Pakistan (relations) / China-Bahamas
minibus
tight fitting / hard up (i.e. lacking money)
harsh / savage / fierce
Manitoba province, Canada
Aqaba (port city in Jordan)
Manitoba, province of Canada
Europe
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
(dialect) awkward; uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate; contrary; argumentative
double chin
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group / former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
bigmouth / blabbermouth
(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
to slap
Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands
(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
Bonaparte (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派
fenugreek
(loanword) marimba
pig's tail (meat)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
thin / scrawny / emaciated
to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved
Shut up!
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
to have one's tail between one's legs
Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
Cuba Libre
jojoba
Israeli-Palestinian
to bundle up
jitterbug (loanword)
Paya Lebar, a place in Singapore
to slap
to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain
very fierce
stammering / stuttering / not speaking fluently
tight (i.e. lacking money) / hard up / same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴
America and Pakistan / America and Brazil / America and Panama
to be cocky
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)


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