"Nose" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bí zi nose / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
 bí tou (dialect) nose
 bí nose
 xiù to smell / to sniff / to nose
 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
 bí liáng bridge of the nose
 ào shì to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
 bí jiān tip of the nose
 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
 liú bí xiě to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
 bí sè a blocked nose
 bí yì the wing of the nose / ala nasi
 bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
 liú bí tì to have a runny nose
 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
 bí yān nose and throat
 yīng gōu bí aquiline nose / Roman nose
 jiǔ zāo bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
 bí tì chóng a slug / sb with a runny nose
 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
 jiǔ zhā bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
 qiàng to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb
 nu:4 to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
 yì cut off the nose
 è junction of nose and forehead
 chī zhī yǐ bí to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
 qiú congested nose
 nóng cold in the head catarrh of the nose
 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
 kǒu bí mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
 dà hóng bí zi rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ / produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
 píng běn néng zuò shì to follow one's nose
 wā bí zi to pick one's nose
 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose
 qiān zhe bí zi zǒu to lead by the nose
 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
 pèng yī bí zi huī lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
 zhěng liú zhào nose cone
  nose cone
 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
 bí xiāo nose flute
 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent
 bí suān to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
 zhù hǎi biān (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose
 bí huán nose ring
 bí dīng nose stud / nose piercing
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