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Trad. 殼
- (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
- case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
Trad. 機殼
- case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
Trad. 破殼
- (of a bird, insect etc) to hatch
- (slang) (fig.) to be born
- to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
Trad. 卡殼
- (of a bullet or shell) to jam
- (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
Trad. 龜殼花
- Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
Trad. 鬼摸腦殼
- (idiom) muddled; momentarily confused
Trad. 地殼運動
- (geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism
Trad. 榆木腦殼
- (coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead
Trad. 甲殼蟲類
- insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
Trad. 空殼公司
- shell company; shell corporation
Trad. 金蟬脫殼
- lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- a crafty escape plan
Trad. 無殼蝸牛
- fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
Trad. 大洋型地殼
- oceanic crust (geology)