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脱皮掉肉 tuō diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
干燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
剥皮 bāo to skin; to flay; to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2]
不要在一棵树上吊死 yào zài shù shàng diào don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
刀枪不入 dāo qiāng lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism
bāo to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck
去皮 to peel / to remove the skin / to tare
美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth)
养颜 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance
忍辱偷生 rěn tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
肥膘 féi biāo body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
备皮 bèi to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc)
tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
干裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
吓一跳 xià tiào startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin
捏脊 niē form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)
jié ram, esp. gelded / to castrate / deer's skin
扒皮 to flay / to skin / (fig.) to exploit / to take advantage of
蜕皮 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
剥离 to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
拔罐 guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
磨嘴皮子 zuǐ zi to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
点水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep


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