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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile
HSK 4
weak; frail
HSK 5
membrane / film / CL: 層|层
mint (plant) / Taiwan pr. [bo4he2]
(chemistry) menthol
mist / haze
thin flat cake / pancake / pizza
(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)
dusk / twilight
small profits
thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3]
inconstant in love / fickle
crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker
thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)
my meager gift (humble)
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky
my meager sensibilities / blushing face / please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
meanness and generosity / intimacy and alienation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
surname Bo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
see 薄荷
meager estate / small means
mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
barren land / poor soil
fickle / inconstant person
dim light / early dawn
mint (confectionery)
at dusk / evening
peppermint oil
gauze (cloth)
small profit but rapid turnover
vast area / all the way to the sea
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈
weak link / loophole
menthone (chemistry)
pancake
thin lens (optics)
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006
small reward (for work) / meager remuneration
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella
meager skill / my poor talents (humble)
at dawn
oil sheet
thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4]
barren field / poor land
light silk / silk chiffon
eggshell china
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral / hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly


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