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(coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs / (fig.) (of a person) to be laid up from illness or exhaustion / (fig.) (of a machine, vehicle etc) to break down; to be out of commission
iliac fossa (anatomy) / pelvic basin internal to ilium
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
like a swarm of bees; in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth)
honeycomb; beehive
person who harbors criminals / receiver (of stolen goods)
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
(traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
edible bird's nest
one's breast / the pit of one's stomach
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
comfortable niche
(angling) to throw groundbait into an area of water
ant nest
to brood / to hatch
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
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  *窩* | 窩* | *窩
nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
HSK 7-9
aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside
pigsty (lit. and fig.)
(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
a kind of a bread
doghouse; kennel
cellular network
waffle (loanword)
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
internal strife (family, group, etc)
nest
hexagonal household coal briquette
armpit / also written 胳肢窩|胳肢窝
Baker's cyst or popliteal cyst (medicine)
gamblers' den / illegal casino
there's no place like home (idiom)
to sow discord everywhere
(dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place); to move (house)
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
bird's nest
Chinese doughnut
(anatomy) ovarian fossa
to feel vexed / annoyed / good-for-nothing / stupid and cowardly
to harbor / to shelter
eye socket
ant nest
popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
(physiology) areolar tissue; cellular tissue
groundbait
useless weakling
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
temple (on the sides of human head)
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
otak, a Malay food
dimples of Venus / back dimples
(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
lair; den (of illegal activities)
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
pent-up frustration / petty annoyances
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
armpit / also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1] / also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝
thieves' lair
chicken coop
armpit
(coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing
lair / den / stronghold
erhua variant of 被窩|被窝


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