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空巢
- 1 empty nest
- 2 a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
中箭落马 | 中箭落馬
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
拉皮条 | 拉皮條
- 1 to procure
- 2 to act as pimp
胆碱 | 膽鹼
- 1 choline (amine related to vitamin B complex)
一过性 | 一過性
- 1 transient
外皮
- 1 outer skin
- 2 carapace
略作
- 1 to be abbreviated to
- 2 (followed by a verb) slightly
地久天长 | 地久天長
- 1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
- 2 for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
- 3 also written 天長地久|天长地久
挂失 | 掛失
- 1 to report the loss of something
辩称 | 辯稱
- 1 to argue (that)
- 2 to allege
- 3 to dispute
- 4 to plead (e.g. not guilty)
掌骨
- 1 metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
抠图 | 摳圖
- 1 to clip (an image)
- 2 image clipping
几何级数增长 | 幾何級數增長
- 1 exponential increase
家蚕 | 家蠶
- 1 the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
立像
- 1 standing image (of a Buddha or saint)
完璧归赵 | 完璧歸趙
- 1 lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
室友
- 1 roommate
栉风沐雨 | 櫛風沐雨
- 1 lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
- 2 fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
叛卖 | 叛賣
- 1 to betray
呆会儿 | 呆會兒
- 1 see also: 待会儿 dāi huì r