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HSK
headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
HSK 4
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)
HSK 7-9
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
flushed with anger (or excitement)
HSK 7-9
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
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ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
Turkey
with one's own ears
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
earplug / earphone
headphones
inner ear
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus
to approach sb's ear (to whisper)
Turkish (language)
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
Malta
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
ear
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
tinnitus
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
deaf
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
fat; plump; chubby
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
cochlea
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
pleasing to the ear
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
Siberian cocklebur (botany)
tipsy and merry (idiom)
to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
to pay no attention to outside matters
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
to hear of / to hear about
Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
Lao Zi
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
credulous
to be hearing impaired
middle ear
sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction) / fig. a well-informed person
lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
earwax / cerumen
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
joule (loanword)
outer ear / auricle / pinna
eardrops (pendant jewelry) / earrings / CL: 對|对, 隻|只
to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
to refuse to listen
(chemistry) mole (loanword) (Tw)
to sound familiar / familiar-sounding
subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)
earlobe
earwax
Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
to be influenced
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
credulous
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
jug ears
credulous
lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned
(dialect) earpick / curette
to give sincere advice (idiom) / to exhort earnestly
lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom) / fig. words one pays no heed to
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
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
raucous / ear-splitting
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole
ear-splitting
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
credulous person / credulous
(coll.) a slap on one's face / a cuff
seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
earpick / curette
handle (on a pot)
outer ear / auricle / pinna
(bird species of China) long-eared owl (Asio otus)
outer ear

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