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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
complete mess; in a shambles
(anatomy) terminal hair
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
knitted cotton
(vulgar) male pubic hair / (vulgar) asshole; jerk; dickhead
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
body hair
eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
(Internet slang) why?
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
mane
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
barren
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党) hired Internet commenter
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
hair / soft hair / down
goose feather
hairless
lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / fig. innumerable; countless
flagellum
eyelashes
(pet name for a baby or small child)
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
Marx, Lenin and Mao
armpit hair
(loanword) mohair
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
(dialect) eyelashes
tactile hair; vibrissa; whisker
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
fuzz
chicken feather / CL: / trivial
palm fiber / coir
feather / plumage / plume
whiskers / mustache
to lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
fleece / wool / woolen
feather / plume / plumage / CL:
mane
pubic hair
fine hair (on the body); down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛 "to harm sb in the slightest way")
to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect)
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
bristle
eyelashes
(Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
feathered
fur
fine hair on the human body
pubic hair
(coll.) to irritate / to annoy / to piss sb off
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
(textiles) to singe
hair around the anus
to remove hair; to depilate
(dialect) what are you doing? / what the hell?
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine)
(botany) glandular hair
coat (of an animal)
hair on the temples
cilium
blond fur; golden hair / (coll.) golden retriever
nose hair
fuzz / fine fur (of marten etc)
(geology) Pele's hair


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