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  *絲* | 絲* | *絲
silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
HSK 7-9
screw
HSK 7-9
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
silk (cloth)
HSK 7-9
the slightest amount or degree / a bit
HSK 7-9
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
filovirus
silk floss / down
mycelium / hypha
iron wire / CL: / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝)
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
silk gland
canary
lit. string and wind instruments (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese ensemble music
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
stockings / pantyhose
(textiles) (loanword) lace
shredded meat / shredded pork
velvet
ribbon
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
luffa; loofah; sponge gourd
one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit / an iota
screwdriver
steel wire / tightrope
wisps of blood / visible veins / (of eyes) bloodshot
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
fuse wire / (electrical) fuse
lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue
screwdriver / CL:
hair mousse (loanword)
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
to not move a single jot (idiom)
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
screw
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
hawser / steel rope
rayon
stalk (filament) of stamen
accurate to perfection (idiom) / precise to the finest detail
wire netting / CL:
drizzle / fine rain
(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
tiny bit / a jot / whisker
(lit. and fig.) to walk a tightrope
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
to spin silk
(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
decimillimeter; 0.0001 meters
shredded coconut
raw silk
silk waistband
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
copper wire
filament (in a lightbulb)
(silver) of low purity / low grade
gossamer / hairspring
mitosis
drizzle / fine rain
linked in countless ways
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
hair (on the head)
amitosis
a bit chilly
Beatrix (name)
mousse (loanword)
loser (Internet slang)
silk from worms fed on leaves
slightly salty
fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
variant of 緙絲|缂丝
Alice in Wonderland
Alice (name)
Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer
to grate (cheese, carrots etc); to shred
welding wire
(slang) (loanword) lesbian
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband
(of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth / (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless
silk / pure silk
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
Iris (name)
cypress
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
shredded daikon pie
hot and sour shredded potato
capillary blood vessels
julienned potato
grater / shredder
lace border (loanword)
spinneret / extrusion nozzle
lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese music instruments
Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)

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