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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寸* | 寸* | *寸
a unit of length / inch / thumb
HSK 5
pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
(idiom) not to yield an inch
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吋* | 吋* | *吋
inch (English)
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb
(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)


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