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(wool) sweater / CL:
HSK 4
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
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
(dialect) to bend over
hair
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
goose feather
(idiom) barren land; desert
knitted cotton
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
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
blanket
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
hairy; downy
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy
HSK 7-9
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
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
capillary blood vessels
hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
caterpillar
laughable low-budget special effects
pore
Mao Zedong Thought
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
barb / whiskers
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
(Internet slang) why?
gross profit
wool sweater; cardigan
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
swift feet / fleet-footed runner
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
frosted glass
tripe (gastronomy)
Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集)
mucormycosis
mane
caterpillar
Mauritius
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)
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
barren
(Tw) gross domestic product; GDP
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
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
mascara
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
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
body hair
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
pore
(Tw) gross national product; GNP
gross income / gross profit
Maoism
knitting wool / wool yarn
woolen blanket
badminton court
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / fig. innumerable; countless
Introduction to Maoism (subject) / abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論|毛泽东思想概论
Mauritania
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.
golden retriever
flagellum
quill pen
(Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
Maugham (family name) / W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English writer
Maoist
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
eyelashes
golden retriever (dog breed)
Marx, Lenin and Mao
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
International Badminton Federation
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi

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