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HSK 5
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
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nose
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
founder
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
bridge of the nose
nasal mucus; snivel; snot
HSK 7-9
to have a runny nose
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
to assail the nostrils / acrid / pungent
to have a stuffy nose
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
paranasal sinus
rhinovirus (common cold virus)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
nasal sound
lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet
inferior nasal conchae
order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths)
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
many
nosebleed
nasal mucus / snivel
baby (loanword)
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
nostril / CL: 隻|只
a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat
aquiline nose / Roman nose
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
(bird species of China) mute swan (Cygnus olor)
weevil / snout beetle
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
breath
nose pad (on eyeglasses)
rhinitis
nose ring
sinusitis
to lead by the nose
to pick one's nose
snuff bottle
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
nasal septum
nasosinusitis
turbinate / nasal concha
nasal cavity
nasal feeding
palm civet (Paguma larvata)
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout
key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious)
(bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus)
the eye of a needle
(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
nasal feeding
with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)
(of a horse etc) to snort
melioidosis
cunning or sly person
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
nose stud; nose piercing
to snort
alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
to snivel (usually humorous)
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
nose and throat
nose flute
lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
to blow one's nose
a slug / sb with a runny nose
the wing of the nose / ala nasi
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
leaf-nosed bat
cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion
dried nasal mucus / booger
snuffbox
(bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
paranasal sinus
hardened mucus in nostrils
glanders
booger; dried nasal mucus
nasal polyp
Cape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island

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