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毛
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Definitions
- 1. hair
- 2. feather
- 3. down
- 4. wool
- 5. mildew
- 6. coarse or semifinished
- 7. young
- 8. raw
- 9. careless
- 10. unthinking
- 11. nervous
- 12. scared
- 13. (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
- 14. classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])
Example Sentences
1 shown一 毛 錢也沒有。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 毛
laughable low-budget special effects
to drizzle; to rain lightly
eyelashes
barren land
The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
capillary blood vessels
serge
duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
brush
flagellate
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
live pig
(derog.) Russia
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
(textiles) plush
Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
jersey
lit. secondary foreigner
to molt (of birds)
to lose hair or feathers
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
(bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum)
(coll.) infant
a problem appears
gross weight
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
slug
fifty cents (0.5 RMB)
fine hair (on the body); down
beech
a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
white hair (of animals)
goose feather snow (idiom)
quill pen
caterpillar
fault
husk ground-cherry
semifinished products
towel
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
mohair (loanword)
fur
fuzz
(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
flagellum
(pet name for a baby or small child)
to pull out hair
ciliary dynein protein
(wool) sweater
drizzle; light rain
to singe (textiles)
fluffy
lanolin
see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo]
chicken feather
plush toy
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
(dialect) what are you doing?
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
felt
woolen blanket
feather
pore
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
barren
tweezers
pornographic film
hair
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
writing brush
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
quill pen
palm fiber
tortoiseshell cat
body hair
sweater
eyebrow
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
fur
hairy fellow
stingy (idiom)
(dialect) to bend over
Introduction to Maoism (subject)
as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom)
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[máo suì zì jiàn]
coat (of an animal)
barb
armpit hair
hair
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
follicle
human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
to grow hair
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
fine hair on the human body
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
woolen textiles
fur
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.
International Badminton Federation
shuttlecock
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
Chairman Mao
silly little girl
tripe (gastronomy)
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
camlet (silk fabric)
see 動毫毛|动毫毛[dòng háo máo]
wool sweater; cardigan
(bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc
to nitpick
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
knitted cotton
donkey
woolly mammoth
badminton court
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
sweat pore
chronic illness
Mauritius
gross income
pubic hair
mane
(botany) glandular hair
Mauritania
(bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat
Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
hair follicle
goose feather
Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東|毛泽东[máo zé dōng]
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe)
rough lumber
Maoism
pore
fleece
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
feathered
(bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
hairy; downy
knitting needle
slight knowledge of sth
mascara
depilatory medicine
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
fluff
hairless
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
mucormycosis
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
knitting wool
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
(coll.) to irritate
knitting wool
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
a strand of hair
buttercup
gross profit
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
whiskers
fur
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
hairy nevus
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
fuzz
to rant and rave
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
hair on the temples
mane
cilium
capillary
frosted glass
Maugham (family name)
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
caterpillar
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
(coll.) new-born baby
mammoth
feather
to lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
pilonidal disease
Marx, Lenin and Mao
(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
swift feet
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
careless
(Internet slang) why?
Mao Zedong Thought
Maoist
cotton-padded shoes
blanket
carelessly and haphazardly
pubic hair
to find fault
tactile hair
bristle
Maoism
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.
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)