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Examples:earthen jar with long neck—round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)—have a stiff neck after sleeping—(fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation—visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)—stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth—chain mail hung from head protect neck—bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck—trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)—lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it—neck (as in "save one's neck", i.e. one's life)—the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals—waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck [idiom.]—sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra—extend one's neck in preparation for execution [idiom.]— |