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gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
to lose heart / to be discouraged
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
lime (calcium oxide)
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
ash-colored
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
(idiom) a slight effort
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
dust
HSK 7-9
Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
ashen-faced (idiom)
cannon fodder
limestone
to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1]
gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
granny gray (hair color)
box for bone ashes / funerary casket
grayscale
gray water
downhearted / downcast / in despair
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps)
travertine (geology) / tufa (a type of banded marble)
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
to blow away dust
(bird species of China) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
(mineralogy) apatite
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
(bird species of China) grey bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 / slaked lime
(bird species of China) ashy-throated warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
(bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate mineral forming bone and tooth enamel)
(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
poliomyelitis
discouraged / downhearted
(bird species of China) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
bone ash / cremation ashes; cremains
columbarium
cement
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
dull gray / drab / murky
grizzly bear
big bad wolf
dark gray
dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
(bird species of China) streaked barwing (Actinodura souliei)
(bird species of China) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
ash from burnt paper
volcanic ash
dull gray / gray and loathsome
(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
ash gray
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
(bird species of China) sulphur-bellied warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
discouraged / downhearted
(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
mortar (for masonry)
(bird species of China) glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
calcium oxide CaO / quicklime
(bird species of China) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
dust haze / dust storm
ashtray
(bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
(bird species of China) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
(bird species of China) sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
(bird species of China) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
(bird species of China) pale-legged leaf warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
dusky / overcast (of weather)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law / also written 扒灰
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
gunmetal gray
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
(bird species of China) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
ashes
(bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
(bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
limestone
wollastonite CaSiO3
slaked lime / hydrated lime
(bird species of China) Przevalski's parrotbill; rusty-throated parrotbill (Suthora przewalskii)
(bird species of China) ashy-throated parrotbill (Suthora alphonsiana)

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