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Meaning of 腮

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Pinyin: sāi
English Definition: cheek
Chinese Definition:
①面颊的下半部,脸的两旁(亦称“腮帮子”):腮颊。腮腺(两耳下部的唾液腺)。
Total strokes: 13; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ ] to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
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Example Words
络腮胡子 luò sāi zi full beard
抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
腮腺 sāi xiàn parotid gland; saliva gland in cheek
腮腺炎 sāi xiàn yán mumps
尖嘴猴腮 jiān zuǐ hóu sāi gaunt face; wretched appearance (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
The vulnerable spots are the eyes, gills and snout.
2
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
3
齿
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
4
So take every opportunity to have fun together and laugh till your sides hurt!
5
When underwater, the animals pushed water past their gills while simultaneously pushing the glottis down.