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  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
HSK 2
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
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  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
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  *養* | 養* | *養
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
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  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
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  *喂* | 喂* | *喂
hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
HSK 2
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  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
HSK 3
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
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  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
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  *隻* | 隻* | *隻
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
to dissect (an animal) / to analyze / anatomy
HSK 7-9
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  *牠* | 牠* | *牠
it (pronoun for an animal)
HSK 2
disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal
HSK 6
Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年
living animals
farm animal; livestock
HSK 7-9
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  *牸* | 牸* | *牸
female of domestic animals
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
to raise (animals)
runaway carriage (caused by the harnessed animal bolting in fright)
vermin / harmful animal
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  *膁* | 膁* | *膁
(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone
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  *宰* | 宰* | *宰
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
HSK 7-9
domestic animal / brute / bastard
plants and animals / flora and fauna
to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
HSK 7-9
(of a stock animal) well-fed / fat
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  *肪* | 肪* | *肪
animal fat
(animal's) claw
HSK 7-9
to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context
HSK 7-9
Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔 / also translated 動物農場|动物农场
lit. dressed up animal (idiom) / fig. immoral and despicable person
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *牽* | 牽* | *牽
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
HSK 6
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
mating / copulation (esp. of animals)
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
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  *遛* | 遛* | *遛
to stroll / to walk (an animal)
HSK 7-9
to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
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  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
HSK 6
litter carried by pack animal
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
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  *吼* | 吼* | *吼
to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
HSK 7-9
tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) / to denounce loudly / to shout slogans
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
HSK 7-9
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
lower animal / primitive life-form
to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
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  *豢* | 豢* | *豢
to rear / to raise (animals)
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
rare animal / mythical animal / monster
to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc)
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
animal fat
deep-fried doughcake / oilcake (animal fodder)
to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅)
class A protected animal
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter / to scatter / (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions
domestic (animals) / home reared
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 / animal from the Chinese zodiac
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
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  *坨* | 坨* | *坨
mound; heap; lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子 etc) to stick together; to form a clump
forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to feed (a person or animal)
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal)
to raise (animals)
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine; moan; wail
a block / body of person or animal as a block
to torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)
to raise animals
mythological animal
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
(idiom) birds and animals
animal kingdom

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