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  *瘦* | 瘦* | *瘦
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
HSK 5
(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
to waste away / to become thin
meager
slim
thin person
slender / slim as a thread
slim
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
thin / scrawny / emaciated
slightly-built / petite
lean meat
thin and weak
(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender
thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow
wizened / skinny and shriveled
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
variant of 骨瘦如柴
leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
thin / emaciated
Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
to lose weight dramatically
emaciated; scrawny
bony / skinny
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature


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