snail / Taiwan pr. []
Headword or pronunciation蜗牛
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snail / Taiwan pr. [] / see 蝸牛|蜗牛[]
Headword or pronunciation蜗
cochlear implant
Headword or pronunciation人工耳蜗
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
Headword or pronunciation无壳蜗牛
(anatomy) cochlea
Headword or pronunciation耳蜗
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
Headword or pronunciation蜗居
humble abode
Headword or pronunciation蜗庐
to spiral
Headword or pronunciation蜗旋
worm (mechanical engineering)
Headword or pronunciation蜗杆
worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear
Headword or pronunciation蜗杆副
(anatomy) round window (one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear)
Headword or pronunciation蜗窗
snail
Headword or pronunciation蜗蜒
to advance at a snail's pace
Headword or pronunciation蜗行
lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress
Headword or pronunciation蜗行牛步
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling
Headword or pronunciation蚁斗蜗争
giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)
Headword or pronunciation非洲大蜗牛
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