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nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
HSK 7-9
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
nested / nesting
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nest
lair / nest / den / hideout
empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
to nest; to build a nest
edible bird's nest
bird's nest
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nest
lit. nest of devils / place occupied by sinister forces
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
ant nest
lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶, compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
ant nest
the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed
to nest
to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom) / to reap where one has not sown
nest
lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)
love nest
Russian doll (matryoshka doll) or similar nested doll
ant nest
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
a love nest / a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
ant bite (swollen, itchy bump) / anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest
ant nest
green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)


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