parasite (human)
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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.
Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.
seedling
to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
(idiom) barren / devoid of vegetation
to look for trouble
(botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
small business
small-scale production
top student
student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student
weak student
(neologism, attested by 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery / (fig.) all the gear and no idea
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
benthic organism
sessile medusa / sea anemone
morphogen
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
latter half of one's life
metazoa / the animal kingdom
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
favorite pupil
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
microbiology
microbiologist
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
how / why
fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully
shy
shy
inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom) / also written 情急之下
(mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means / (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc)
slow living
sacrificing one's life generously (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
student graduating in the current academic year / current-year graduate / fresh graduate
student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
army life (idiom) / the experience of war
parents (father and mother)
to do the cleaning / to clean up