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HSK
(wool) sweater / CL:
HSK 4
towel / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
badminton / shuttlecock
HSK 5
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
(dialect) to bend over
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
(idiom) barren land; desert
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
knitted cotton
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
Mao Zedong Thought
hair
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
body hair
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
blanket
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
hairy; downy
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
felt
Maoism
(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
sweater / woolen knitwear / wool
writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy
HSK 7-9
caterpillar
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents (abbr. for 毛澤東思想|毛泽东思想 + 鄧小平理論|邓小平理论 + 三個代表|三个代表)
(Internet slang) why?
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
laughable low-budget special effects
pore
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
barb / whiskers
gross profit
wool sweater; cardigan
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
knitting needle
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
frosted glass
tripe (gastronomy)
mane
(Tw) gross domestic product; GDP
Maoism
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu of the Warring states)
Mauritius
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
hair follicle
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
beech
Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集)
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
barren
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
mascara
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党) hired Internet commenter
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
knitting wool / wool yarn
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
hair / soft hair / down
goose feather
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
plush toy / cuddly toy
hairless
gross income / gross profit
woolen blanket
camlet (silk fabric)
lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / fig. innumerable; countless
golden retriever
Introduction to Maoism (subject) / abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論|毛泽东思想概论
caterpillar
flagellum
silly little girl
Maugham (family name) / W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English writer
Maoist
eyelashes

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