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HSK 5
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
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  *鼻* | 鼻* | *鼻
nose
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
bridge of the nose
nasal mucus; snivel; snot
HSK 7-9
to have a runny nose
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
to assail the nostrils / acrid / pungent
to have a stuffy nose
(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
rhinovirus (common cold virus)
lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
(bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus)
nose ring
nasal sound
inferior nasal conchae
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
many
nosebleed
nasal mucus / snivel
a slug / sb with a runny nose
baby (loanword)
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
nostril / CL: 隻|只
lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Cape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island
breath
nose pad (on eyeglasses)
rhinitis
sinusitis
to pick one's nose
leaf-nosed bat
nasal feeding
paranasal sinus
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
nasal septum
nasosinusitis
turbinate / nasal concha
nasal cavity
palm civet (Paguma larvata)
to snort
key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious)
to lead by the nose
founder
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
Formosan leaf-nosed bat
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
cunning or sly person
eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion
nose-acupuncture therapy
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
nasal feeding
snuff bottle
nose stud; nose piercing
alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
to snivel (usually humorous)
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
nose and throat
(bird species of China) mute swan (Cygnus olor)
snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)
hardened mucus in nostrils
with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
snuffbox
to blow one's nose
paranasal sinus
the wing of the nose / ala nasi
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
(of a horse etc) to snort
Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
the eye of a needle
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat
weevil / snout beetle
cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
dried nasal mucus / booger
melioidosis
glanders
order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths)
booger; dried nasal mucus
nasal polyp
nose flute
nasal bone
nose hair

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