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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
傲视 ào shì to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
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
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
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
探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
凭本能做事 píng běn néng zuò shì to follow one's nose
插脚 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
窥探 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
牵着鼻子走 qiān zhe zi zǒu to lead by the nose
挖鼻子 zi to pick one's nose
xiù to smell / to sniff / to nose
大红鼻子 hóng zi rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
捂住 zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
灯下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
擤鼻涕 xǐng to blow one's nose


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