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hairy

Chinese translation: 毛笔

18:18 Nov 24, 2002
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / fashion
English term or phrase: hairy
hairy pencil
Chinese translation:毛笔
Explanation:
hairy pencil = hair pencil = 毛笔 ( mao2bi3 ) or 毛刷笔 ( mao2shua1bi3 )
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Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 16:12
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4 +7毛笔
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
毛笔


Explanation:
hairy pencil = hair pencil = 毛笔 ( mao2bi3 ) or 毛刷笔 ( mao2shua1bi3 )

Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  taoyuting
2 hrs
neutral  #41698 (LSF): 毛笔 is 'writing brush'. Either 'the pencil is hairy' (illogical) or the original phrase is wrong (logical).
4 hrs
  -> Thanks for comments. I think "hairy" can mean "made of hair".
agree  Donglai Lou (X)
9 hrs
agree  Kevin Yang: I like 毛刷笔 better.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kevin.
neutral  zhongren (X): writing brush
16 hrs
  -> Thanks. But hair pencil is too.
agree  Danbing HE
16 hrs
agree  Dolly Xu
1 day 3 hrs
agree  zhiyu liu
3 days 4 hrs
agree  Chinoise
19 days
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