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Trad. 窩
- nest
- pit or hollow on the human body
- lair
- den
- place
- to harbor or shelter
- to hold in check
- to bend
- classifier for litters and broods
Trad. 被窩
- (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube
- (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
Trad. 窩工
- (of workers) to have no work to do
- to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
Trad. 窩心
- aggrieved
- dejected
- (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc
- to feel gratified
- to feel warm inside
Trad. 趴窩
- (coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs
- (fig.) (of a person) to be laid up from illness or exhaustion
- (fig.) (of a machine, vehicle etc) to break down; to be out of commission
Trad. 毛窩
- cotton-padded shoes
- (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
Trad. 一窩蜂
- like a swarm of bees; in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth)
Trad. 挪窩兒
- (dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place); to move (house)
Trad. 窩裡橫
- (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
Trad. 胳肢窩
- armpit
- also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1]
- also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
Trad. 蜂窩組織
- (physiology) areolar tissue; cellular tissue
Trad. 薩拉熱窩
- Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trad. 調三窩四
- to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
Trad. 窩闊臺汗
- Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Trad. 捅馬蜂窩
- (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
Trad. 膕窩囊腫
- Baker's cyst or popliteal cyst (medicine)
Trad. 兔子不吃窩邊草
- lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)
- fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
Trad. 燕子銜泥壘大窩
- the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
- many a little makes a mickle