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 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
Results beginning with 毛
 máo bìng fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL:個|个[ge4]
 máo jīn towel / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 máo yī (wool) sweater / CL:件[jian4]
 máo kǒng pore
 Máo mao (pet name for a baby or small child)
 máo fà hair
 máo lì gross profit
 máo pí fur / pelt
 máo bǐ writing brush / CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
 máo tǎn blanket
 máo xì capillary
线 máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn
 máo zhān felt
 máo pī semifinished products
 máo lu:2 donkey / CL:頭|头[tou2]
 máo zhòng gross weight
 máo sè (of an animal) appearance or color of coat
 máo náng hair follicle
 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color
 máo shuà brush
 máo chóng caterpillar
 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
 máo cì barb / whiskers
 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth
 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
 máo biān raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc) / rough edge
 máo tiáo wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
 máo dǔ tripe (gastronomy)
 máo zhū live pig
 Máo Gài Introduction to Maoism (subject) / abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論|毛泽东思想概论[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3 Gai4 lun4]
 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
 máo gèn buttercup
 máo chá unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
 máo gēn a strand of hair / pipe cleaner
 máo kēng variant of 茅坑[mao2 keng1]
 máo kǒu metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
 Máo mǔ Maugham (family name) / W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English writer
 máo pài Maoist
 máo sè Mauser
 máo shuā brush
 máo si variant of 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
 Máo Suì Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4]
 máo tán bangkirai / yellow balau
 máo wō cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
 máo xiàng mammoth
 Máo xuǎn Selected Works of Mao Zedong / abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Xuan3 ji2]
 máo yāo (dialect) to bend over
 máo zhì hairy nevus
 máo zhuī writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
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 Máo Zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
 máo mao chóng caterpillar
 máo rōng rōng hairy / shaggy
 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle
 máo xì kǒng pore
 máo bō li frosted glass
 máo zhī wù woolen textiles
 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
  capelin
 máo biān zhǐ fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1]
 máo bì jī serge
 Máo dàn jié Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
 Máo Dèng Sān Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents / abbr. for 毛澤東思想|毛泽东思想[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3], 鄧小平理論|邓小平理论[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2 Li3 lun4] and 三個代表|三个代表[San1 ge4 Dai4 biao3]
 máo guǎn lì capillary forces
 máo hái zi (coll.) infant / ignorant child
 máo lì rén Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
 máo lì yǔ Maori / te reo Maori
 Máo nán zú Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
 máo róng róng fluffy / furry
 máo shōu rù gross income / gross profit
 máo suān jiāng husk ground-cherry / Physalis pubescens
 Máo sù xiàng statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東|毛泽东[Mao2 Ze2 dong1]
 máo tuǐ kuáng (bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
 máo wèi shǔ Hylomys
线 máo xiàn yī sweater / woolen knitwear / wool
线 máo xiàn zhēn knitting needle
 máo xiǎo náng follicle
 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
 máo yáng huái rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
 máo zhān tái Drosera
 Máo zhǔ yì Maoism
 Máo zi guó (derog.) Russia
𫛭 máo tuǐ kuáng (bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
 máo xì xuè guǎn capillary blood vessels
 máo róng wán jù plush toy / cuddly toy
 Máo Suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 / of the Warring states)
 Máo lǐ qiú sī Mauritius
 máo shǒu máo jiǎo carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
  rough diamond
 máo é yù suàn gross budget
 máo guǎn bian yuán capillary fringe
 máo guǎn shàng xiàn capillary fringe
 máo hú hóu shǔ woolly
 máo jiǎo yú xiāo (bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
 máo méi jūn bìng mucormycosis
 máo tuǐ shā jī (bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
 máo wěi yǎn shǔ Hairy-tailed
 máo xì guǎn shuǐ capillary water / capillary groundwater
 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought / Maoism
 Máo lǐ tǎ ní yà Mauritania
  capillary column
 máo bèi léi rén mín Maubere
 máo dé huáng hòu dì Dronning Maud Land
 máo ěr shǔ hú hóu Hairy-eared
 máo tuǐ ěr yè yīng (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
 Máo Zé dōng Xuǎn jí Selected Works of Mao Zedong
 Máo Zé dōng zhǔ yì Maoism
 máo zhī yùn dòng shān jersey
 Máo Zhǔ xí Yǔ lù Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
  Mauritius Declaration
 máo bèi léi mín zhǔ dǎng Maubere Democratic Party
 máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
 máo lǐ qiú sī zhàn lu:è Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States / Mauritius Strategy
 Máo Zhǔ xí Jì niàn táng Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
 máo lǐ qiú sī gòng hé guó the Republic of Mauritius
  capillary gas chromatography
  Dronning Maud Land Air Network
  Association mauritanienne des droits de l'homme
  Hareke Islamiya Al Mauritania / Mauritanian Islamic Movement / HASSEM Movement
·  Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
·  Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
  Association mauritanienne pour la santé de la mère et de l'enfant
  Mauritius Council of Social Service
 máo lǐ qiú sī zhàn lu:è wǔ nián qī shěn píng Five-Year Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of SIDS / Mauritius Strategy +5 Review
 máo lǐ tǎ ní yà yī sī lán gòng hé guó the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
 máo zé dōng · bù wéi rén zhī de gù shi Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
 Máo Zé dōng · Xiān wéi rén zhī de Gù shi Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
· Máo Zé dōng · Xiān wéi rén zhī de Gù shi Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
  Association mauritanienne pour le développement et la protection de l'environnement
Approximate Results for 毛
 yǔ máo feather / plumage / plume
 méi mao eyebrow / CL:根[gen1]
 jié máo eyelashes
 yáng máo fleece / wool / woolen
 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
 róng máo fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine)
 fā máo to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect)
 yīn máo pubic hair
 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down
 jī máo chicken feather / CL:根[gen1] / trivial
 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
 hán máo fine hair on the human body
 wú máo hairless
 é máo goose feather
 tǐ máo body hair
 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4 hao2 mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way")
 zōng máo mane
 xì máo fuzz / fine fur (of marten etc)
 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
 yè máo armpit hair
 róng máo fuzz
 qǐ máo fluff / lint / to feel nervous
 ruǎn máo fur
 xiān máo cilium
 mián máo knitted cotton
 gāng máo bristle
 líng máo feather / plume / plumage / CL:根[gen1]
 bù máo barren
 biān máo flagellum
 huàn máo to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
 chǐ máo pubic hair
 bái máo white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4]
 bèi máo coat (of an animal)
 bìn máo hair on the temples
 chù máo tactile hair / vibrissa / whisker
 gǎo máo (dialect) what are you doing? / what the hell?
 guī máo (Tw) (coll.) indecisive / fussy / nitpicking / (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
 liè máo mane
 niú máo ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
 rě máo (coll.) to irritate / to annoy / to piss sb off
 shāo máo to singe (textiles)
 wèi máo (Internet slang) why?
 wǔ máo fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter
 xiàn máo glandular hair / trichome
 xū máo whiskers / mustache
 zhǎng máo to grow hair / to become mildewed
 zōng máo palm fiber / coir
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 yǔ máo qiú shuttlecock / badminton / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jié máo gāo mascara
 yáng máo shān wool sweater / cardigan
 lǎo máo bìng chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
 chū máo bìng a problem appears / to break down
 bái máo nu:3 The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
 tiāo máo bìng to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag
 cháng máo róng (textiles) plush
 cháng máo xiàng woolly mammoth
 shān máo jǔ beech
 hóng máo dān rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
 yáng máo zhī lanolin / wool oil
 jīn máo quǎn golden retriever (dog breed)
  ciliary feeder
  tube worm
 biān máo gāng flagellate
 dòng háo máo to lay a finger on sb / to harm sb in the slightest way
 duō máo gāng polychaete worms / Polychaeta
 é máo bǐ quill pen
 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
 fēi máo tuǐ swift feet / fleet-footed runner
 hàn máo kǒng sweat pore
 hāo yáng máo to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
 jī máo diàn a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM)
 lǎo máo zi Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
 mǎ hǎi máo mohair (loanword)
 Mǎ Liè Máo Marx, Lenin and Mao
 méi máo qián tweezers
 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
 shāng háo máo see 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4 hao2 mao2]
 tuō máo jì depilatory medicine
 wǔ máo dǎng fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
 xiǎo máo chóng slug
 xiǎo máo tou (coll.) new-born baby / young boy
 yáng máo tǎn woolen blanket
 yáng máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn
线 yáng máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn
 yǔ máo bǐ quill pen
 yǔ máo duàn camlet (silk fabric)
 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between
 jī máo suàn pí lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
 duō rú niú máo as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / innumerable / countless
 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
 huáng máo yā tou silly little girl
 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
 bù máo zhī dì barren land / desert
 yǔ máo qiú chǎng badminton court
 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall
鸿 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿 hóng máo Tài Shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
 lu:è zhī pí máo slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
鸿 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant
 rú máo yǐn xuè devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
鸿 Tài shān hóng máo as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
 yī máo bù bá stingy (idiom)
  gross base salary
 fù zhài máo é gross liability
 jīn máo yǎn kē golden
 kuài r bā máo one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
 róng máo hóu shǔ woolly
 shēn pī yǔ máo feathered
 tiāo máo tī cì to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
 wǔ máo tè xiào laughable low-budget special effects
 xiǎo máo zhān tái Drosera
 xīn jīn máo é gross salary
 yāo biān máo chóng dinoflagellates
 yǔ máo guǒ kē Misodendron
 zhòng máo zǎn qiú many little drops make an ocean (idiom)
 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
 bái fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum)
 cáng máo xìng jí bìng pilonidal disease
 dōng bù máo hú hóu eastern
 fēi máo tuǐ dǎo dàn Scud missile / Scud
 hēi hóu máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
 jīn máo xún huí quǎn golden retriever
 mián máo fù shǔ shǔ Woolly
 róng máo zhū hóu shǔ Muriqui
 róu máo là zhú mù safukala
 tiāo máo tī cì r erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]
西 xī bù máo hú hóu western
 yān fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
 yáng dù zi máo jīn see 羊肚手巾[yang2 du4 shou3 jin1]
  rough controls
  gross appropriation estimates
  giardiasis / lambliasis
 duō máo mù huán jié chóng polychaete worms / Polychaeta
 róng máo xìng xiàn jī sù human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
 suǒ xū zī yuán máo é gross requirements
 xiān máo dòng lì dàn bái ciliary dynein protein
西 Xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī (bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
 méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
 guó jì yáng máo yán jiū xiǎo zǔ International Wool Study Group
 Guó jì Yǔ máo qiú Lián hé huì International Badminton Federation
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