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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窝* | 窝* | *窝
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
honeycomb; beehive
lair; den (of illegal activities)
lair / den / stronghold
armpit
to feel vexed / annoyed / good-for-nothing / stupid and cowardly
bird's nest
armpit / also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1] / also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝
eye socket
doghouse; kennel
chicken coop
like a swarm of bees; in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth)
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
(traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
edible bird's nest
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胳* | 胳* | *胳
hexagonal household coal briquette
to harbor / to shelter
aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside
internal strife (family, group, etc)
thieves' lair
person who harbors criminals / receiver (of stolen goods)
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
nest
gamblers' den / illegal casino
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
armpit / also written 胳肢窩|胳肢窝
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
ant nest
variant of 酒窩|酒窝
groundbait
(dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place); to move (house)
dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
to brood / to hatch
waffle (loanword)
iliac fossa (anatomy) / pelvic basin internal to ilium
there's no place like home (idiom)
(coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
Chinese doughnut
dimples of Venus / back dimples
otak, a Malay food
(angling) to throw groundbait into an area of water
a kind of a bread
cellular network
erhua variant of 被窩|被窝
ovary
temple (on the sides of human head)
comfortable niche
one's breast / the pit of one's stomach
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling / also written 艾窩窩|艾窝窝
to sow discord everywhere
(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
pent-up frustration / petty annoyances
to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
useless weakling
(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
variant of 笑窩|笑窝
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
Baker's cyst or popliteal cyst (medicine)
(physiology) areolar tissue; cellular tissue
ant nest


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