"Nerve" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shén jīng nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
 dǎn zi courage / nerve / guts
 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
 miàn tān facial nerve paralysis
 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
 shì shén jīng optic nerve
 zuò gǔ shén jīng sciatic nerve
 mò shāo shén jīng peripheral nerve
 mí zǒu shén jīng vagus nerve
 sān chā shén jīng trigeminal nerve
 shén jīng xì bāo nerve cell / neuron
 shén jīng xìng dú jì nerve agent / nerve gas
 chuán rù shén jīng afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron
 chuán chū shén jīng efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
 yǒu liǎn lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to
 méi yǒu liǎn not to have the nerve / not dare (e.g. to do sth outrageous)
 shén jīng tū nerve process
 shén jīng suǒ nerve cord
 zòng shén jīng suǒ longitudinal nerve cord
 shì shén jīng rǔ tóu optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
 shì shén jīng pán optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
 Xǔ wàng xì bāo Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) / neurolemmocyte
 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)
 zhóu sī axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
 suǐ qiào myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
  nerve agent sensor
 shén jīng dú jì nerve gas
 kǒu yǎn wāi xié facial nerve paralysis
 dǎn féi (coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve
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