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Dictionary - results for shell

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
jiè- to introduce
- to lie between
- between
- shell
- armor
dàn- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
qiào- shell
- carapace
- crust (earth's crust etc)
- also pr. [ke2]
quán- jade
- shell
r- shell
- crust
gàizi- cover
- lid
- shell
bèi- shell
- conch
- cowry
- mother of pearl
- hard outer skin
- also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
bāo- to peel
- to skin
- to shell
- to shuck
dài- tortoise shell
- turtle
jiǎ- 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 (old)
- a kind of shell
tuì- skin cast off during molting
- exuvia
- to pupate
- to molt
- to slough
- to cast off an old skin or shell
luó- spiral shell
- snail
- conch
jièqiào- carapace
- hard outer shell
jiǎ- oracle tortoise shell
wàicéng- outer layer
- outer shell
wài- envelope
- outer shell
- hull
- cover
- case
dànpiàn- shrapnel
- splinter from shell
dànhén- bullet hole
- shell hole
cǎibàng- painted shell
- painting on shell
hòugài- back cover
- shell (of crab etc)
- coconut shell
liúdàn- high explosive shell
- grenade
pàodàn- artillery shell
- CL:[mei2]
pào- to shell
- to bombard
- bombardment
jiǎqiào- carapace
- crust
- outer shell
- also pr. [jia3 ke2]
qiào- carapace
- hard outer shell
- also pr. [pi2 ke2]
pào- to shell
- to bombard
- bombardment
yìng- crust
- hard shell
tuì- skin cast off during molting
- exuvium
- to pupate
- to molt
- to slough
- to cast off an old skin or shell
luóhào- conch
- shell as horn for signaling
bèiqiū- shell mound
bèidiāo- shell carving
biējiǎ- turtle shell
guībǎn- tortoise plastron
- turtle shell
guī- tortoise shell
liúxiàndàn- shrapnel shell
- shrapnel
- also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4]
dàn- poison gas shell
- poison gas grenade
guī- tortoise shell
zhàomíngdàn- flare
- star shell
dàimào- tortoise shell
jiǎdàn- armor piercing shell
yìngguǒ- nut
- fruit with hard shell
wàigāngnèiróu- 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]
xíngtóngshè- to exist in name only
- empty shell
- useless (idiom)
Qiàopáigōng- Shell (oil company)
bāogōng- lit. briefcase company
- dummy corporation
- shell company
- fly-by-night company
jīnchántuōqiào- lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- a crafty escape plan

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