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HSK
face / cheek
rosy-cheeked (idiom)
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
cheek
HSK 7-9
to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to
HSK 7-9
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
cheek / face
parotid gland / saliva gland in cheek
(bird species of China) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颊* | 颊* | *颊
cheeks
subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
cheek / upper (of a shoe)
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
(bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腮* | 腮* | *腮
cheek
cheek
(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
cheek bone / zygomatic arch (anatomy)
(bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
cheek / face (often of child)
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
cheek
ethmoid bone (cheek)
cheek / face
cheek / jaw
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
cheek / face / leather covering (for handbags etc)
thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow
butt cheek / rump
(bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia)
to slap sb's cheeks
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron henrici)
cheek
a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks
(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
a skull with sunken cheek bone / cryptozygous
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
(bird species of China) white-cheeked starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
(bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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