special

unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex

ox (牛) + sound (寺) = that one special bull

A bull singled out from the herd — that one remarkable animal — is the image behind 'special.' 寺 mainly lends the sound tè; the ox carries the sense of something standing apart.

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Words with 特

特化

tè huà

specialization

临床特征

lín chuáng tè zhēng

clinical characteristic

达拉特

dá lā tè

Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia

达拉特旗

dá lā tè qí

Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia

达特茅斯

dá tè máo sī

Dartmouth (place name)

达特茅斯学院

dá tè máo sī xué yuàn

Dartmouth College

邱比特

qiū bǐ tè

(Tw) variant of 丘比特[Qiu1 bi3 te4]

里克特

lǐ kè tè

Richter (name)

里希特霍芬

lǐ xī tè huò fēn

Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路

重病特护

zhòng bìng tè hù

intensive care

重病特护区

zhòng bìng tè hù qū

intensive care department (of hospital)

锡林浩特

xī lín hào tè

see 錫林浩特市|锡林浩特市[Xi1 lin2 hao4 te4 Shi4]

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