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HSK
gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
gray-market industry; industry operating in legal or ethical gray areas (abbr. for 灰色產業|灰色产业)
to lose heart / to be discouraged
HSK 7-9
ash-colored
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
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  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
dust
HSK 7-9
Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer
grayscale
gray water
downhearted / downcast / in despair
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps)
(bird species of China) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
(bird species of China) grey bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
(bird species of China) ashy-throated warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
(bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
(bird species of China) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
dull gray / drab / murky
grizzly bear
dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
(bird species of China) streaked barwing (Actinodura souliei)
(bird species of China) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
dull gray / gray and loathsome
(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
ash gray
(bird species of China) sulphur-bellied warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
mortar (for masonry)
(bird species of China) glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
(bird species of China) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
dust haze / dust storm
(bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
(bird species of China) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
(bird species of China) sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
(bird species of China) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
(bird species of China) pale-legged leaf warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
dusky / overcast (of weather)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
(bird species of China) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
ashes
(bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
(bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
(bird species of China) Przevalski's parrotbill; rusty-throated parrotbill (Suthora przewalskii)
(bird species of China) ashy-throated parrotbill (Suthora alphonsiana)
gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)
(bird species of China) Emei Shan liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis)
(bird species of China) grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
(bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
(bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
(bird species of China) grey-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
plaster / mortar
greyhound
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
(bird species of China) Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
(bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
(bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
(bird species of China) chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
gray area
(bird species of China) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
limestone (abbr. for 石灰岩) / CL: 塊|块
(bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
(bird species of China) white-winged magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
(bird species of China) grey-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus tephrocephalus)
(bird species of China) Annam limestone babbler (Gypsophila annamensis)
(bird species of China) white-cheeked starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
Pinot gris (grape type) / Pinot grigio
mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
(bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
(bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
(bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
(bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius)
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
(bird species of China) grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
(bird species of China) limestone leaf warbler (Phylloscopus calciatilis)
(bird species of China) moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea)
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
(bird species of China) David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)

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