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鼻子 zi nose / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
因噎废食 yīn fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
nose
口鼻 kǒu mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
眼皮子底下 yǎn zi xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
傲视 ào shì to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
五官 guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
准头 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose
鼻青脸肿 qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
抹一鼻子灰 zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
鼻梁 liáng bridge of the nose
五刑 xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
流鼻涕 liú to have a runny nose
目中无人 zhōng rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
流鼻血 liú xiě to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
住海边 zhù hǎi biān (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
鼻塞 to have a stuffy nose
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
机头 tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
碰一鼻子灰 pèng zi huī lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
舔屁股 tiǎn gu to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose
小动作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)


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