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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼻* | 鼻* | *鼻
nose
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
nose stud; nose piercing
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗅* | 嗅* | *嗅
to smell / to sniff / to nose
the front (nose) of a plane etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼽* | 鼽* | *鼽
congested nose
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呛* | 呛* | *呛
to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
nose flute
cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
the wing of the nose / ala nasi
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
a blocked nose
to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
tip of the nose
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
bridge of the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衄* | 衄* | *衄
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擤* | 擤* | *擤
to blow (one's nose)
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齉* | 齉* | *齉
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劓* | 劓* | *劓
cut off the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頞* | 頞* | *頞
junction of nose and forehead
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齆* | 齆* | *齆
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齈* | 齈* | *齈
cold in the head catarrh of the nose
to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
nose and throat
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
nose hair
to have a runny nose
to blow one's nose
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
nose ring
aquiline nose / Roman nose
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
a slug / sb with a runny nose
(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
Formosan leaf-nosed bat
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
to follow one's nose
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
to pick one's nose
to lead by the nose
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
leaf-nosed bat
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
nose-acupuncture therapy


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