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pillow
HSK 7-9
travel pillow
occipital bone (back of the skull)
(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
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  *枕* | 枕* | *枕
(bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
pillowcase
bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
pillow cloth
to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
sleeper / tie
railroad tie / sleeper
lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things
to share the bed / (fig.) to be married
to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period)
to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom)
bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed
to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
headrest
(geology) pillow lava
the person who shares one's bed; partner; spouse
pillow case
loaf cake
(bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
pillow fight
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
(bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
occipital lobe
to sway (sb) through pillow talk
a crick in the neck / stiff neck
erhua variant of 枕席
lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
bedtime story
pillow talk
Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
(bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
(botany) pulvinus
(bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)


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