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HSK
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
outer ear
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
middle ear
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
outer ear / auricle / pinna
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)
rice ear
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean
(idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穟* | 穟* | *穟
ear of grain
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
in one ear and out the other
ears
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
ear pick
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
pleasing to the ear
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
ear piercing hole; earring hole
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
inner ear
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
ear (of corn or sorghum etc) / bunch (of grapes) / infructescence
ear thermometer
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
ear of wheat
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
whispering in sb's ear
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
(anatomy) ear canal
with one's own ears
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
jug ears
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 of the middle ear) / auditory tube
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms)
the walls have ears (idiom)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耳* | 耳* | *耳
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秀* | 秀* | *秀
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馘* | 馘* | *馘
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穗* | 穗* | *穗
ear of grain / fringe / tassel
all smiles / beaming from ear to ear
outer ear; auricle; pinna
ear
raucous / ear-splitting
across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
ear pick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擗* | 擗* | *擗
(literary) to beat the breast / to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
(anatomy) oval window (between the middle and inner ear)
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
fenestra cochleae (in middle ear)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聃* | 聃* | *聃
ears without rim
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear

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