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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釘* | 釘* | *釘
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
HSK 7-9
to meet with a rebuff
HSK 7-9
nail / snag / saboteur
HSK 7-9
rivet gun
staple (stationery)
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢
tongue ring / tongue piercing
stapler
head of nail
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釘* | 釘* | *釘
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of
thumbtack
screw
a thorn in one's side
screw
a thorn in one's side
nail hammer / claw hammer
DingTalk, business communication platform developed by Alibaba
rivet
householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
rake
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
Oncomelania
rake
that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it
cramp
button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
variant of 補丁|补丁
claw hammer
nail gun / stud gun
thumbtack
peg
stud earring
staple remover
spike
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
hexagon socket head cap screw
tack / thumbtack / push pin
to make doubly sure (idiom)
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
claw hammer
lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
nail gun; staple gun
to nail securely / to execute by means of impalement / to crucify
to clinch (a nail) / to nail down
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
nose stud; nose piercing


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