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headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
HSK 4
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
outer ear
headphones / earphones
Fresnel lens
credulous
(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Staphida castaniceps)
middle ear
tipsy and merry (idiom)
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)
HSK 7-9
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
with one's own ears
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
to be influenced
Turkey
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
flushed with anger (or excitement)
HSK 7-9
to sound familiar / familiar-sounding
inner ear
the walls have ears (idiom)
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
in one ear and out the other
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
ears
to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper
Turkish (language)
ear pick
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.
to give sincere advice (idiom) / to exhort earnestly
otogenic
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
credulous
subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
ear piercing hole; earring hole
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
credulous person / credulous
flange / lug
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
(loanword) gill (unit)
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
earlobe
(anatomy) ear canal
(idiom) 60 years old
(bird species of China) shikra (Accipiter badius)
headphones
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
loan shark / usurer
to remove earwax with an ear pick
to refuse to listen
pleasing to the ear
(bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / white fungus
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus
tinnitus
to watch and listen attentively
internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves)
Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 棗莊|枣庄, south Shandong
to be deaf and blind (idiom)
to be hearing impaired
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ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
(loanword) joule
hearing ability
earpick / curette
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
eardrops (pendant jewelry) / earrings / CL: 對|对, 隻|只
cochlear implant
Germanic language
earplug / earphone
outer ear; auricle; pinna
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
jug ears
First book of Samuel
ear
tab (of a web browser)
earmuffs
raucous / ear-splitting
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening

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