Body piercing is old hat when it comes to ears but traditionally ear rings are poked through the ear lobe.

从耳朵开始，在人体上穿洞早已经不是什么新鲜事了，古时候，人们就在耳垂上穿孔戴耳环。

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Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

就宰了羊。摩西把些血抹在亚伦的右耳垂上和右手的大拇指上，并右脚的大拇指上。

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The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

祭司要取些赎衍祭牲的血，抹在求洁净人的右耳垂上和右手的大拇指上，并右脚的大拇指上。

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The player clearly was missing some part of his ear lobe.

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Bahadur Khan tightened a metal clamp around his ear, smushing his lobe, and connected it to a car by rope.

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