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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

脖子 [bózi]
  1. 1. noun Neck; throat
    脖子上戴了一条钻石项链, 光闪夺目。
    She wears a shining diamond necklace.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

脖子 [bózi]
  1. 1. 颈的通称。

Examples

梗着脖子
straightening up one's neck
争得脸红脖子
get red in the face in the heat of the argument 脸红脖子粗
他正要叫喊,那歹徒猛扑过来,卡住他的脖子
He was about to call out when that ruffian dashed at him and gripped his throat. 卡脖子
用经济制裁来卡别国的脖子
apply economic sanctions against another country in an attempt to force it into submission 卡脖子
你简单地说吧,别净绕脖子
Just speak simply. Don't beat about the bush. 绕脖子
这事他早就扔在脖子后边了。
He'd clean forgotten about it.
碰上困难就缩脖子
shrink from difficulty 缩脖子
他挺着脖子,气呼呼的样子。
His neck stiffened and he seemed to be in a huff.
小马的脖子上挂着一串响铃。
Round the neck of the pony is tied a string of jingle bells. 响铃
我昨天不小心把脖子扭了。

Word Decomposition


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[zǐ]

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