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


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