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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
leather / skin / fur / CL: 張|张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty
HSK 3
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
naughty
HSK 6
rubber / an eraser / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
cheek / face / leather covering (for handbags etc)
small dried shrimp
(loanword) yuppie
scalp
imitation leather
cork
to peel / to remove the skin / to tare
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
surname Pi
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
face / cheek
lot / section of land / ground
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]
belly
dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine)
(fruit) peel
smart / charming / attractive / witty / facetious / ironic
to have a facelift / facelift
shameless / (slang) rascal
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)
orange peel
skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
(anatomy) epithelium; epithelial tissue
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)
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006
sheepskin
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
(coll.) lip
the root bark of the peony tree
single eyelid
bellyful (of sth) / full of (sth)
brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned
fur / pelt
skin / covering
to wrangle / wrangling
wrapping / wrapper / foreskin
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield
lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart
book cover / book jacket
pork skin
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
recalcitrant / obstreperous
dried beancurd (tofu)
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia) / cassia bark
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
mink fur
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄
lambskin / kid leather
pelt / raw hide
Nanpi county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
snake skin
wampee (Clausena lansium)
animal skin / hide
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
hippie (loanword)
(botany) bast; phloem
aril (botany)
(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮)
crispy skin (of food)
to circumcise
dead skin
dumpling skin / piecrust
to split one's sides laughing
liangpi (noodle-like dish)
to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility
to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc)
slab
crust
(med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges)
bark of tulip tree (TCM) / Cortex Liriodendri
to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue
book cover
Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫
Tupi (a group of Indigenous peoples of South America)
outer skin / carapace
husk of betel nut 檳榔|槟榔
hippie (loanword) (Tw)
to flay / to skin / (fig.) to exploit / to take advantage of
to graft skin / skin grafting
ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame)
shameless / brazen
root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
to fuss around / to buzz about uselessly / to wag one's tongue

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