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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
badminton / shuttlecock
HSK 5
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy
HSK 7-9
The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
felt
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
barb / whiskers
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
fleece / wool / woolen
eyelashes
pore
(pet name for a baby or small child)
fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine)
gross profit
hair
feather / plumage / plume
pubic hair
knitting wool / wool yarn
armpit hair
hairy; downy
flagellum
(Tw) gross domestic product; GDP
nose hair
hair follicle
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
caterpillar
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
live pig
woolly mammoth
wool sweater; cardigan
chicken feather / CL: / trivial
to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect)
eyelashes
pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color
Mauritania
beech
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
donkey / CL: 頭|头
(textiles) plush
silly little girl
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
sweater / woolen knitwear / wool
Mao Zedong Thought
caterpillar
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
gross income / gross profit
knitting needle
lanolin / wool oil
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
cilium
Maugham (family name) / W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English writer
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
body hair
(coll.) new-born baby / young boy
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
swift feet / fleet-footed runner
fuzz / fine fur (of marten etc)
mane
woolen textiles
fur / pelt
barren
goose feather
(Tw) gross national product; GNP
hair on the temples
bristle
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
hair / soft hair / down
gross weight
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
Mauritius
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
(dialect) to bend over
rough lumber / woollen cloth
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
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
fine hair on the human body

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