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to copy

lu

thick rough serge from Tibet

lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare

luó

Chinese character

luǒ

scrofula, swellings

luò

camel

frog, toad

ant; leech

mǎi

endive; sow-thistle

mài

old; to pass by, to take a stride

mān

to idle, to dawdle; thoughtless, careless

mán

to deceive, to lie; to regard with suspicion

mán

to cover; leather stretched over a drum

mǎn

mite, insect

màn

trowel

mǎng

python, boa constrictor

māo

cat

mèn

to simmer, to cook over a slow fire

měng

manganese

riddle, puzzle, conundrum

ether

cover-cloth; exponent, power

miǎn

the name of a river in Shandong

míng

caterpillar, larva

millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out

silent; quiet, still; dark

móu

to plan, to scheme; strategem

majestic; reverent, solemn

náo

anxious, brooding

rainbow; colorful, variegated

salamander; Cryptobranchus japonicus

greasy, oily, smooth; bored, tired

nián

catfish; sheat

niè

tottering, unsteady; jumpy, jittery

niè

the temporal bone

níng

to coagulate, to congeal; to freeze

nóng

to whisper

nóng

concentrated, dense, strong, thick

nòu

to hoe, to rake; to weed

nuò

to promise; to approve, to assent to

páng

crab

pǎng

to cultivate, to plow

péng

awning, covering; sail, tarp; boat

péng

bloated, inflated, swollen; to swell

onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking

to beat the breast

pián

to limp

pián

a team of horses; to associate; to join

piáo

a ladle made from a dried gourd

piǎo

to squint, to glare, to look askance

piē

to take a fleeting glance at

pín

frequency; repeatedly, again and again

píng

to lean on; to rely on

píng

sole

unpolished gem

plain, simple; sincere; surname

thick rough serge from Tibet

ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus

device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

to rest

qiān

4undergarment; to pick up one's skirt

qián

money, currency, coins

qián

black; the Guizhou province

qiǎn

attached, inseparable, in love; entangled

qiáng

wall

qiāo

a sledge for transportation

qiāo

to spool, to reel

qiáo

buckwheat

qiáo

firewood; lumberjack; to gather wood

qiáo

bridge; beam, crosspiece

qiào

scabbard, sheath

qīn

relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree