jiǎ qiào
carapace
crust
outer shell
also pr. [jia3 ke2]
qiào
shell
carapace
crust (earth's crust etc)
also pr. [ke2]
Qiào pái
see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[Qiao4 pai2 gong1 si1]
wài ké
envelope
outer shell
hull
cover
case
bèi ké
shell
conch
cowry
mother of pearl
hard outer skin
also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
tuō qiào
to molt
to exuviate
fig. to fly off like an exuviate cicada
tuō ké
to break out of an eggshell
to molt
to remove the husk
to shell
jiǎ qiào chóng
beetle
order Coleoptera
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
qū qiào
the body (housing the soul)
dì qiào yùn dòng
crustal movement
movement of tectonic plates
jīn chán tuō qiào
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
a crafty escape plan
jiè qiào
carapace
hard outer shell
pí qiào
carapace
hard outer shell
also pr. [pi2 ke2]
gǔ ké
husk of grain
grain and chaff
jiē ké
crust
crusting
incrustation
yìng ké guǒ
nut
fruit with hard shell
bèi ké r
erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳[bei4 ke2]
bā dòu ké
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
guī ké huā
Formosan pit viper
Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus
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