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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
leather / skin / fur / CL: 張|张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty
HSK 3
handbag / briefcase
HSK 3
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
HSK 5
leather shoes
HSK 5
naughty
HSK 6
ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
HSK 6
strap / leather belt / CL: 條|条,
HSK 7-9
rubber / an eraser / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
leather / CL: 張|张
cortex
rubber dinghy
Topeka, capital of Kansas
cheek / face / leather covering (for handbags etc)
small dried shrimp
pellagra (medicine)
(loanword) yuppie
chard (Beta vulgaris)
Britney Spears (1981-), US pop singer
scalp
dermatology
(loanword) pickup truck
thin-skinned / sensitive
imitation leather
(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
(coll.) to need a spanking
wallet / Taiwan pr. [pi2 jia2]
a leather drive belt
an official report (e.g. governmental)
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
eyelid
century egg; preserved egg
eyelid
epidermis / cuticle
(of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
eraser / rubber / CL: 塊|块
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
surname Pi
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
cortex / cerebral cortex
face / cheek
lot / section of land / ground
kraft paper
rubber band
to peel / to remove the skin / to tare
wagon / freight car
tree bark
to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to
to skin; to flay; to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2]
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
belly
(name) Pierre
dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine)
(fruit) peel
smart / charming / attractive / witty / facetious / ironic
outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe)
Pierre, capital of South Dakota
Pixar Animation Studios
under the skin / subcutaneous (injection)
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
goose pimples / goose bumps
Pearson (family name as well as various places)
to have a facelift / facelift
to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely
shameless / (slang) rascal
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
brazen
brazen faced (idiom); shameless
skin disease; skin condition; dermatosis
naughty; mischievous; to act up
flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
skin cancer
orange peel
(of things) durable / (of people) sturdy; tough
skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
(anatomy) epithelium; epithelial tissue
soft skin and tender flesh (idiom) / smooth-skinned
Papeete, capital of French Polynesia
dandruff
bran (esp. of wheat)
to speculate in building land
to boast / to talk big
there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
sebaceous glands
to kick a ball around / (fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility / to pass the buck
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
mangy dog / (fig.) loathsome person
fur clothing
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006
sheepskin
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
to procure / to act as pimp
this mortal flesh
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
plasticine / modeling clay
Pitcairn Islands
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
to play rubber band jump rope

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