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HSK
headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
HSK 4
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
Nie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
outer ear
middle ear
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) shikra (Accipiter badius)
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
to be influenced
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
flushed with anger (or excitement)
HSK 7-9
Turkey
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
outer ear / auricle / pinna
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
tipsy and merry (idiom)
to sound familiar / familiar-sounding
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
to pay no attention to outside matters
in one ear and out the other
ears
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
ear pick
to give sincere advice (idiom) / to exhort earnestly
otogenic
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
pleasing to the ear
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
ear piercing hole; earring hole
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
inner ear
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
ear thermometer
flange / lug
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
(men) sideburns / (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
(loanword) gill (unit)
whispering in sb's ear
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
earlobe
to hear of / to hear about
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
(anatomy) ear canal
with one's own ears
Malta
cochlear implant
to listen attentively
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.
fat; plump; chubby
jug ears
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
headphones
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
loan shark / usurer
to refuse to listen
the walls have ears (idiom)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / white fungus
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves)
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus
Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 棗莊|枣庄, south Shandong
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
to be hearing impaired
(idiom) 60 years old
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
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ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
cochlear implant
(loanword) joule
(bird species of China) red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
hearing ability
eardrops (pendant jewelry) / earrings / CL: 對|对, 隻|只
earpick / curette
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
credulous
earplug / earphone
outer ear; auricle; pinna
headphones / earphones
ear
tab (of a web browser)
earmuffs
raucous / ear-splitting

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