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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生 and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃
to mix together (disparate substances) / to mingle / a mix / to be tangled up with
clamp / fixture (machining)
clip / clamp / tongs / folder / wallet
(loanword) jacket / also pr. [jia2 ke4]
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed
Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
variant of 夾|夹
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
(machinery) collet; chuck
ammunition clip / cartridge clip / magazine (for ammunition)
to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam
wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint
oleander (Nerium indicum) / Taiwan pr. [jia4 zhu2 tao2]
wallet / Taiwan pr. [pi2 jia2]
tongs
hair clip
a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street
clothespin / clothes peg
crack / crevice
attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
wallet / Taiwan pr. [qian2 jia2]
paper clip
stuffed (of food) / with filling
half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
completely mixed up / in a muddle
lined jacket / double layered jacket / CL:
armpit / also written 胳肢窩|胳肢窝
leg vise (torture instrument)
favorites folder (web browser)
to clamp / to grip
to clamp / tongs
chuck (for a drill etc)
to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off
crucial moment / critical time
lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
to annoy / to bother / to harass
sleet / mixture of snow and rain
capo
to muddle things together (idiom) / to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
to line the streets in welcome
clothes pin
folder / file (paper)
file folder; portfolio
crocodile clip / spring clip
to have one's tail between one's legs
(coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门, Changde 常德, Hunan
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县, Changde 常德, Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成
flip-flops
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
The Nutcracker (ballet)
to surround; to hem in / (sports) double-teaming
to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel / to be caught in the crossfire
to cut into a line / queue-jumping
(coll.) (neologism c. 2021) cutesy high-pitched voice
sandwich generation
critical annotations between the lines
Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
erhua variant of 夾當|夹当
flip-flops
angle (between two intersecting lines)
resealable bag; ziplock bag
annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly
battery case (for a phone)
(file) folder
Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)
antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
(sports) double-teaming


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