"Bristles" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 鬣 |  liè | bristles / mane |   |
| 騣 | zōng | bristles / horse's mane | |
| 横笔 | héng bǐ | bristles lying down (brush movement in painting) | |
| 折笔 | zhé bǐ | against the bristles (brush movement in painting) | |
| 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 | sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū | lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable | |
