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trouble; inconvenience / inconvenient; troublesome; annoying / to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
HSK 3
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  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
HSK 7-9
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hemp (variant of )
HSK 7-9
paralysis / palsy / numbness / to benumb / (fig.) to lull / negligent / apathetic
HSK 7-9
sesame (seed)
HSK 7-9
hot and numbing
HSK 7-9
mahjong / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
numb / insensitive / apathetic
HSK 7-9
anesthesia / to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
HSK 7-9
an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying
king salmon / Chinook salmon
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surname Ma
to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利
acupuncture anesthesia
measles
sesame paste
hemp (Cannabis sativa) / cannabis / marijuana
(dialect) quickly; briskly; without delay (northern colloquialism, often used in commands)
sparrow / (dialect) mahjong
sesame oil
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
(bird species of China) russet sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
(botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant
trivial / minute (size)
flax
pockmark
sack / burlap bag
an anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic
pockmark
sackcloth
the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail
swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial)
Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
limp and numb (of limbs)
pockmarked face
sisal hemp
sesame / (botany) flax / linseed
Mayang Miao autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
lit. tangled skein / in a tremendous muddle / confused
ephedrine
nettle / also pr. [xun2ma2]
local anesthesia (abbr. for 局部麻醉)
ephedra (genus Ephedra)
one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused / disconcerted / upset
anesthetic
lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
Asō (name) / ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009
(transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls; mochi
numbed / insensitive / apathetic / thick-skinned
unwary / negligent
chiseled stone (used in construction)
dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM
jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies
Mashan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
ephedrine
leprosy / Hansen's disease
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti) / Indian hemp (cannabis)
hops (Humulus lupulus)
abbr. for Massachusetts
gneiss
sesame seed
Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: chu dmar leb rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州, Qinghai
(fashion) (loanword) model
cerebral palsy / spasticity
female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
(botany) arugula; rocket; roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa)
urticaria / nettle rash / hives
hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
(slang) mama; mom (pun on 媽媽|妈妈)
female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
anesthetic; narcotic
Macheng, a county-level city in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
sesame paste
anesthesiology
mahjong tile
leprosy / Hansen's disease
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot
hemp and ramie / coarse cloth
to ask for trouble / to invite difficulties
to look for trouble
sawtooth oak / Quercus acutissima
Mayang Miao autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
general anesthesia
local anesthetic
ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
narcotic
polio (poliomyelitis)
sesame biscuit
(slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
ricin (biochemistry)
Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC

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