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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. adjective [书、衣服、脸皮] thick
    他脸皮真厚！
    He's so thick-skinned!
    厚被子
    thick blanket
  2. 2. adjective [雪、土] deep
  3. 3. adjective [指感情] profound
  4. 4. adjective [指性格] honourable
  5. 5. adjective [指利润、礼品] extravagant
  6. 6. adjective [指味道] rich
  7. 7. adjective [指家产] loaded
  8. 8. verb [优待] favour (英)
  9. 9. verb [优待] favor (美)
  10. 10. verb [重视] stress

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. adjective thick; fat (book)
    厚木板
    a thick plank
    厚棉衣
    a heavy padded coat
    一尺厚的雪
    snow one chi deep
  2. 2. adjective deep; profound
    交情很厚
    profound friendship
  3. 3. adjective kind; magnanimous
    忠厚
    honest and tolerant; sincere and kindly
  4. 4. adjective large; generous
    厚利
    large profits
  5. 5. adjective rich or strong in flavour
    酒味很厚。
    The wine tastes strong.
  6. 6. verb favour; stress
    厚此薄彼
    favour one and be prejudiced against the other; favour one and discriminate against the other
  7. 7. adjective heavy

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. 形 扁平物体正面和背面之间的距离较大
    这本书真厚
    被子太厚
    厚嘴唇。
  2. 2. 名 厚度
    两厘米厚的钢板
    玻璃有5毫米厚。
  3. 3. 形 多；大；重
    家底厚
    厚礼。
  4. 4. 动 看重；厚待
    厚今薄古
    厚此薄彼。
  5. 5. 形 (情意)深
    深情厚谊。
  6. 6. 形 厚道
    宽厚
    忠厚
    憨厚。
  7. 7. 形 (味道)浓
    酒味厚
    醇厚。
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提倡厚养薄葬
advocate good care of one's parents (while they are alive) and simple burials for them (when they are dead)
种子播下后覆土大约要十厘米厚。
The sown seeds shall be covered with about 10cm of soil.
厚着脸皮说
have the nerve to say
冬瓜肉厚。
A white gourd is rich in pulp.
大热天穿这么厚的衣服，真受罪！
It's really awful to be wearing such heavy clothes on a hot day like this.
她家箱底厚。
Her family has accumulated a large store of valuables.
这个瓷瓶的瓷釉有点厚，使瓷瓶的整体看起来有点走形。
The porcelain glaze of this porcelain bottle is a little too thick, making the bottle out of shape.
登极远望，只见天高云厚。
Climbing to the highest point and looking into the distance, one can see the immensity of the universe.
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