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lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open
(bird species of China) ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned
flushed with anger (or excitement)
HSK 7-9
(financial) deficit / red letter
HSK 7-9
red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
newborn baby / the people (of a country)
patriotic overseas compatriot
not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
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  *赤* | 赤* | *赤
red / scarlet / bare / naked
Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
candidly sharing confidences
barefoot
Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
utterly sincere / wholly devoted
(idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黃州區|黄州区, Huanggang 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD / see 赤壁市
completely naked
russet / reddish brown
for no reason (idiom)
to worry oneself sick / to fret
stark naked
naked / bare
third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
Chifeng, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Chicheng, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市, Hebei
algal bloom
red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))
celestial equator
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
(dialect) scoundrel / rascal
(bird species of China) gadwall (Mareca strepera)
equatorial counter current
hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3
naked
rudd
equatorial rain forest
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼)
Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝
barefoot lawyer / grassroots lawyer
(bird species of China) Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis)
(bird species of China) red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
with bare hands
zearalenone
barefoot / barefooted
to bare the feet
erythritol, a sugar alcohol
Red Guards
Equatorial Guinea
to bare one's chest / bare-chested
bare to the waist
lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul
poverty-stricken
to treat utterly sincerely / open and above board in dealing with sb
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere
(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
barefoot doctor / farmer with paramedical training (PRC)
pure gold / solid gold
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼)
Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭, Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan
alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
Jöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons
(bird species of China) Eurasian crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
(bird species of China) crimson-naped woodpecker; crimson-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
(bird species of China) ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
golden colored / yellow red
(bird species of China) Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens)
without two nickels to rub together (idiom) / impoverished
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era
alder tree (genus Alnus)
(bird species of China) coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
terracotta / terra cotta
Chishui River, tributary of Wei in Shaanxi
erythritol, a sugar alcohol
acute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM)
Chishui, a county-level city in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
(bird species of China) scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
(bird species of China) red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
equatorial counter current
Chikan, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
equatorial mount (for a telescope)
pure gold
debt-ridden / heavily laden with debt
(bird species of China) red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei)
green alder (Alnus viridis)
Red Guards

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