(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device)
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(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. []
ammunition case
carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. []
shell (of a mollusk)
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
empty shell
(coll.) head / skull / (fig.) brains (mental capacity)
the body (as opposed to the soul)
the Earth's crust
(of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck / to be held up / to reach an impasse
eggshell
crust / hard shell
shell / crust
crust-mantle (geology)
mussels (as food)
chitin
(coll.) feeder pig
(zoology) shell
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
(geotectonics) crustal movement / diastrophism
oceanic crust (geology)
containment vessel
see 屎蚵螂[]
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
cell phone case
bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM)
coconut shell
coconut fiber / coir
(coll.) a blockhead / a thickhead
case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
oil sump
oceanic crust (geology)
oceanic crust (geology)
tortoise shell
see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[]
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
tortoise shell
crustacean
chitin
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