chù jiǎo

触 角

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n.antenna; tentacle (one of the sense organs on the head of an insect, mollusc, or crustacean, usually filamentary)
- wō niú de tóu shàng zhǎng zhe yī duì chù jiǎo
  蜗牛的头上长着一对触角。
  A snail has two tentacleson its head.
- wō niú bǎ chù jiǎo suō le huí qù
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
  The snail draws in its feelers.
synonym
chù xū触须
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n.metainfluence
- zhè ge zhì zào jiǎ yào de wō diǎn yǐ jīng bǎ chù jiǎo shēn xiàng mǒu xiē jī céng yī yuàn
  这个制造假药的窝点已经把触角伸向某些基层医院。
  The dens for manufacturing fake drugs have extended their tentacles to some grass-roots hospitals.

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