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HSK 3
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
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finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to guide / to give directions / to direct / to coach / guidance / tuition / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
fingernail
HSK 5
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
compass
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
USB flash drive
to count on one's fingers
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
the objects indicated / as pointed out
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
fingertips
acupressure / shiatsu
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
nail polish
duodenum
index finger
mittens
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
to assign / to appoint / assignment
thumb / big toe
commander
to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame
ring finger
headquarters / command post
to testify / to give evidence
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
thumb
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA)
(finger) ring
to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture
fingertip / finger
indicator
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
nail clipper
to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
exponential function
designation / reference / to refer to
PLA commanders and fighters
to mention by name / to designate / designated
to mean / to imply
middle finger
pitch-dark (idiom)
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
to identify
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
fingernail
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
consumer price index CPI
toenail
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
manicure
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
to instruct / to direct
a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
the five fingers of one's hand
demonstrative pronoun
circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
baton
to count on one's fingers
to give nonsensical instructions / to issue orders out of ignorance
index finger
thumb / big toe
price index
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
knuckle
to refer in particular to
indicator
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

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