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])
Words Containing 毛
stingy (idiom)
a problem appears
towel
fault
writing brush
(wool) sweater
eyebrow
shuttlecock
tortoiseshell cat
to drizzle; to rain lightly
barren
barren land
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
lit. secondary foreigner
fifty cents (0.5 RMB)
laughable low-budget special effects
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
see 動毫毛|动毫毛[dòng háo máo]
bristle
to lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
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.
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.
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
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]
International Badminton Federation
as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom)
fine hair on the human body
slug
(coll.) new-born baby
beech
pubic hair
(coll.) to irritate
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
to pull out hair
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
to find fault
to nitpick
to molt (of birds)
(dialect) what are you doing?
knitted cotton
palm fiber
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
Chairman Mao
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
Maoism
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
gross profit
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
brush
barb
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe)
serge
hair follicle
semifinished products
statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東|毛泽东[máo zé dōng]
Maugham (family name)
hairy fellow
(derog.) Russia
pore
(coll.) infant
follicle
carelessly and haphazardly
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
gross income
rough lumber
a strand of hair
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
Introduction to Maoism (subject)
(pet name for a baby or small child)
caterpillar
drizzle; light rain
blanket
felt
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
Maoist
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
Maoism
Mao Zedong Thought
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
pornographic film
frosted glass
hairy nevus
fur
cotton-padded shoes
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
capillary
pore
capillary blood vessels
plush toy
fluffy
knitting wool
sweater
knitting needle
woolen textiles
jersey
tripe (gastronomy)
(dialect) to bend over
(bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
(bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat
buttercup
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
hairy; downy
caterpillar
duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
mammoth
live pig
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]
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)
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents
husk ground-cherry
Mauritania
Mauritius
gross weight
Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
donkey
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
hair
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
mucormycosis
fine hair (on the body); down
hair
sweat pore
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
(Internet slang) why?
hairless
(bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
to singe (textiles)
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
slight knowledge of sth
to rant and rave
white hair (of animals)
The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
(bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum)
fur
tweezers
careless
eyelashes
mascara
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.
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
fuzz
fur
human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
cilium
ciliary dynein protein
fleece
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
woolen blanket
knitting wool
lanolin
wool sweater; cardigan
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
feather
badminton court
quill pen
camlet (silk fabric)
feather
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
chronic illness
to lose hair or feathers
depilatory medicine
armpit hair
(botany) glandular hair
fuzz
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
pilonidal disease
coat (of an animal)
(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
tactile hair
fluff
feathered
fur
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
to grow hair
(textiles) plush
woolly mammoth
pubic hair
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
chicken feather
a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)