贝 壳 bèi ké shell (of a mollusk) 盖 子 gài zi cover / lid / shell 炮 击 pào jī to shell / to bombard / bombardment 脱 壳 tuō ké to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell 后 盖 hòu gài back cover / shell (of crab etc) 弹 crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball 介 壳 jiè qiào (zoology) shell 介 to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor 壳 (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) 壳 (bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2] 剥 to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck 瑔 jade / shell 壳 儿 ké r shell / crust 壳 层 hollow core / shell 壳 牌 公 司 Qiào pái gōng sī Shell (oil company) 部 份 bù fen part (of a whole) / piece / section / share / shell (Unix) 外 壳 wài ké envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case 炮 弹 pào dàn artillery shell / CL:枚[mei2] 交 钱 jiāo qián to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth 带 子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) 外 层 wài céng outer layer / outer shell 榴 弹 liú dàn high explosive shell / grenade 弹 片 dàn piàn shrapnel / shell fragment 硬 壳 yìng ké crust / hard shell 龟 甲 guī jiǎ tortoise shell 龟 壳 guī ké tortoise shell 金 蝉 脱 壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan 甲 壳 jiǎ qiào carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2] 毒 气 弹 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade 蜕 皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 椰 壳 yē ké coconut shell 皮 包 公 司 pí bāo gōng sī lit. briefcase company / dummy corporation / shell company / fly-by-night company 龟 苓 膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert 乌 龟 壳 wū guī ké tortoise shell 照 明 弹 zhào míng dàn flare / star shell 贝 雕 bèi diāo shell carving 甲 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 螺 spiral shell / snail / conch 蜕 skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 稃 husk / outside shell of grain 弹 痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 榴 霰 弹 liú xiàn dàn shrapnel shell / shrapnel / also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4] 形 同 虚 设 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom) 螺 号 luó hào conch / shell as horn for signaling 贝 丘 bèi qiū shell mound 鳖 甲 biē jiǎ turtle shell 彩 蚌 cǎi bàng painted shell / painting on shell 空 壳 公 司 kōng ké gōng sī shell company / shell corporation 价 层 jià céng valency shell (chemistry) 价 电 子 jià diàn zǐ valency electron / outer shell of electrons 六 角 括 号 liù jiǎo kuò hào tortoise shell brackets 〔〕 卜 甲 bǔ jiǎ oracle tortoise shell 母 弹 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb) 玳 瑁 壳 dài mào ké tortoise shell 皮 壳 pí qiào carapace / hard outer shell / also pr. [pi2 ke2] 破 甲 弹 pò jiǎ dàn armor piercing shell 电 子 层 diàn zǐ céng electron shell (in the atom) 电 子 层 数 diàn zǐ céng shù electron shell number (chemistry) 射 出 火 力 shè chū huǒ lì outgoing fire / outgoing shell 射 入 火 力 shè rù huǒ lì incoming fire / incoming round / incoming shell 破 片 杀 伤 炮 弹 fragmentation shell 电 子 壳 electron shell 假 公 司 jiǎ gōng sī dummy corporation / shell corporation 排 除 炮 弹 shell clearance 破 片 杀 伤 炸 弹 fragmentation bomb / fragmentation shell 抵 制 壳 牌 运 动 Shell Boycott campaign 龙 宫 贝 lóng gōng bèi Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan 蚆 a kind of shell 外 刚 内 柔 wài gāng nèi róu soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1] 龟 板 guī bǎn tortoise plastron / turtle shell 五 通 wǔ tōng bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2tong1]) 江 珧 柱 jiāng yáo zhù (seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell 借 壳 jiè ké (finance) to acquire a company as a shell 空 壳 kōng ké empty shell 
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