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a thoroughbred horse; refined, virtuous

jiǎn

cocoon; callus, blister

jiāng

boundary, border, frontier

jiǎo

to deliver, to submit, to hand over

jiào

sedan-chair, palanquin, litter

jiào

to anoint, to perform a rite; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony

jǐn

a time of famine or crop failure

jīng

whale

jǐng

to guard, to watch; alarm, alert

jìng

mirror, glass; lens, glasses

jiū

coiffure, topknot

jué

cunning, crafty, sly

jué

to stumble, to fall; to trample

kuān

hip, pelvis

kuàng

bright

kūn

spawn; roe; fry

kūn

a bird resembling a crane

December; year's end sacrifice; dried meat

lài

current, rapids

lài

bamboo flute; flute, pipe; a musical note

lán

ragged, tattered, threadbare

lǎn

lazy, languid, listless

Chinese herring; shad

léi

exhausted, weak; emaciated, lean

lèi

category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble

drain, ditch, channel

chestnut-leaved oak

trickle, drip, dregs; to strain

brilliant

beautiful, elegant, magnificent

lián

the flag-sign of a tavern

lián

cockroach

líng

a district in Hunan province

líng

carp

lóng

throat

lóng

raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong

lǒng

grave, mound; furrow, ridge

lǒng

to collect, to bring together

hut, cottage; the name of a mountain

a river in Jiangxi province

oar, scull; to row, to scull

the base of a hill; foothill

madder; Rubia

luō

gauze, net; to collect, to display

luǒ

solitary wasp; paper wasp

mán

steamed buns; steamed dumplings

mán

eel

méng

stupid, ignorant; blind

méng

a long narrow war-boat

měng

midge, sandfly

to scatter, to disperse; to divide

mǐn

codfish

bread

mushroom

nán

hard, difficult, arduous; unable

salamander; Cryptobranchus japonicus

nián

sheatfish

niè

bastard child; the consequence of a sin; evil

pān

to climb, to hang on, to pull up

páng

disorderly, messy; huge, big

péng

fabulous bird of enormous size

brown bear, Ursus arctos

piàn

to cheat, to defraud, to swindle

chart, list, table; spectrum; musical score

webbed feet

to air out, to expose to sunlight; to reveal

ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus

mythical unicorn

qiān

to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper

qiǎn

attached, inseparable, in love; entangled

qiāo

to stand on tiptoe; stilts

qiáo

tower; to ridicule, to blame; surname