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  *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
towel / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
(wool) sweater / CL:
HSK 4
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
badminton / shuttlecock
HSK 5
eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy
HSK 7-9
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
Mauritania
pore
bristle
blond fur
Mauritius
lanolin / wool oil
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
slug
The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
gross profit
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
hair
armpit hair
to remove hair; to depilate
hair on the temples
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
caterpillar
feather / plumage / plume
pore
fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine)
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.
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
fluffy / furry
gross weight
barb / whiskers
blanket
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
(textiles) to singe
donkey / CL: 頭|头
(pet name for a baby or small child)
capillary
knitting wool / wool yarn
flagellum
knitted cotton
pubic hair
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
fur / pelt
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
chicken feather / CL: / trivial
goose feather
mane
caterpillar
fur
(dialect) eyelashes
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect)
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
semifinished products
brush
felt
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
hairy; downy
hair / soft hair / down
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)
hairless
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
knitting needle
fuzz / fine fur (of marten etc)
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
cilium
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM)
(loanword) mohair
fine hair (on the body); down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛 "to harm sb in the slightest way")
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
beech
fine hair on the human body
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
Mao Zedong Thought
eyelashes
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
(idiom) barren land; desert
feather / plume / plumage / CL:
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
fuzz
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
palm fiber / coir

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