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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *环* | 环* | *环
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
HSK 3
to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc)
HSK 7-9
Marriott International (hotel chain)
Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process
branch (of a chain store) / annex
Hilton (hotel chain)
Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
7-Eleven (convenience store chain)
supply chain
industry value chain
Sheraton (hotel chain)
RT Mart (supermarket chain)
archipelago / chain of islands
chain link
island chain
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
cold chain
Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
PX Mart (supermarket chain in Taiwan)
bucket brigade / human chain
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
FamilyMart (convenience store chain)
Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain)
human chain
food chain
Ritz (hotel chain)
chain store
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
anchor chain
Luckin Coffee, chain of coffee shops founded in Beijing in 2017
Trust-Mart (supermarket chain)
(Tw) Costco (warehouse club chain)
Carrefour, French supermarket chain
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
Costco (warehouse club chain)
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
Andes mountain chain of South America
Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)
polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
chain hydrocarbon
CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
consecutive serial numbers / chain (of supermarkets, hotels etc) / hyphen
Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
food chain
mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks
stocks and chain / in fetters
Lotus (department store chain)
chain
chain
chain store
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *链* | 链* | *链
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
decay chain
iron chains / shackles / (onom.) clank
chains / shackles
JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
nuclear chain reaction
(physics) chain reaction / (idiom) chain reaction; series of events each caused by the previous one
Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
(geopolitics) Second Island Chain, strategic arc of islands stretching from Japan's Bonin Islands to Guam and Papua New Guinea
daisy chain / chain sinnet
electric chain pulley block
single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
linked in a unbroken chain
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
linked in a chain
chain / CL: , 條|条
far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning)
to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)
chain reaction of nuclear fission
Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia
chain reaction
snow chain (for a vehicle tire)
side chain (used in classifying amino acids)
heavy smoker / chain smoker
carbon chain
peptide unit (on protein chain)
cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain
Papa John's (pizza chain)
to link together; to connect (in a systematic or chain-like way); linkage
H Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada
heavy smoker / chain smoker
iron chain
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
chain reaction (chemistry)
the Andes mountain chain
7-Eleven (convenience store chain) (abbr. for 統一超商|统一超商)
theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein / same as 多肽
Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋂* | 鋂* | *鋂
americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain
chain saw

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