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gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
to lose heart / to be discouraged
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
lime (calcium oxide)
ash-colored
dust
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
(bird species of China) sulphur-bellied warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
(idiom) a slight effort
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  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
(bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
cigarette ash
Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
ashen-faced (idiom)
cannon fodder
limestone
to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1]
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
granny gray (hair color)
box for bone ashes / funerary casket
grayscale
gray water
(bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
ashes
(bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
to blow away dust
(bird species of China) ashy-throated warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
(bird species of China) common whitethroat (Curruca communis)
gray area
apatite / phosphatic limestone
greyhound
poliomyelitis
calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 / slaked lime
(bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed
ashtray
bone ash / cremation ashes; cremains
discouraged / downhearted
cement
(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
dull gray / drab / murky
grizzly bear
big bad wolf
gunmetal gray
dark gray
(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol
(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
volcanic ash
dull gray / gray and loathsome
(bird species of China) grey-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
ash gray
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
discouraged / downhearted
(bird species of China) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
calcium oxide CaO / quicklime
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
(bird species of China) David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
dust haze / dust storm
gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer
(bird species of China) streaked barwing (Actinodura souliei)
(bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
(bird species of China) chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
(bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
dusky / overcast (of weather)
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law / also written 扒灰
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
(bird species of China) Annam limestone babbler (Gypsophila annamensis)
(bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
downhearted / downcast / in despair
(bird species of China) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
(bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
limestone
wollastonite CaSiO3
ash from burnt paper
slaked lime / hydrated lime
gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

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