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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
surname Pi
smart / charming / attractive / witty / facetious / ironic
husk of betel nut 檳榔|槟榔
(fruit) peel
naughty
HSK 6
rubber / an eraser / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
lambskin / kid leather
(anatomy) epithelium; epithelial tissue
turf / sward / sod
(anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
outer skin / carapace
to boast / to talk big
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
wrapping / wrapper / foreskin
brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned
(med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges)
to peel / to remove the skin / to tare
lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests
to circumcise
to split one's sides laughing
bellyful (of sth) / full of (sth)
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
to wrangle / wrangling
imitation leather
shameless / (slang) rascal
to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility
crispy skin (of food)
skin / covering
liangpi (noodle-like dish)
to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc)
wampee (Clausena lansium)
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
tree bark
double eyelid
wagon / freight car
single eyelid
hippie (loanword)
(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮)
to flay / to skin / (fig.) to exploit / to take advantage of
animal skin / hide
sheepskin
face / cheek
epidermis / cuticle
to skin; to flay; to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2]
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄
lot / section of land / ground
dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine)
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
dumpling skin / piecrust
pork skin
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫
to graft skin / skin grafting
fur / pelt
shameless / brazen
dried beancurd (tofu)
eyelid
belly
scab
the root bark of the peony tree
to speculate in building land
vegan leather
lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart
mink fur
aril (botany)
to talk until one is blue in the face
skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
(of skin) to peel
scalp
bran (esp. of wheat)
cheek / face / leather covering (for handbags etc)
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
to have a facelift / facelift
there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
book cover / book jacket
orange peel
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia) / cassia bark
root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
slab
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
to show off with clever talk / big-headed / a smart-ass
hippie (loanword) (Tw)
snake skin
Merapi (volcano on Java)
(coll.) lip
to fuss around / to buzz about uselessly / to wag one's tongue
(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
crust
(botany) bast; phloem
moleskin
dead skin
book cover
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
recalcitrant / obstreperous

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