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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炼* | 炼* | *炼
variant of 鏈|链, chain / variant of 煉|炼
HSK 7-9
chain store
HSK 7-9
RT Mart (supermarket chain)
FamilyMart (convenience store chain)
Carrefour, French supermarket chain
chain / CL: , 條|条
7-Eleven (convenience store chain)
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
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
chain
stocks and chain / in fetters
chain
Sheraton (hotel chain)
Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
iron chain
archipelago / chain of islands
Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks
Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning)
anchor chain
branch (of a chain store) / annex
chains / shackles
heavy smoker / chain smoker
to link together; to connect (in a systematic or chain-like way); linkage
food chain
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
Trust-Mart (supermarket chain)
to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)
to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋂* | 鋂* | *鋂
americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锒* | 锒* | *锒
chain / ornament
JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain)
linked in a chain
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鎍* | 鎍* | *鎍
chain / wire
supply chain
peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)
consecutive serial numbers / chain (of supermarkets, hotels etc) / hyphen
single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
Ritz (hotel chain)
GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
chain link
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain / Martha (name)
side chain (used in classifying amino acids)
Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
carbon chain
newspaper chain / syndicate
Luckin Coffee, chain of coffee shops founded in Beijing in 2017
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain
food chain
chain hydrocarbon
Marriott International (hotel chain)
to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
snow chain (for a vehicle tire)
electric chain pulley block
cold chain
chain reaction
Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)
heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker
Andes mountain chain of South America
JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets
a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链, food chain)
nuclear chain reaction
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia
daisy chain / chain sinnet
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)
hand chain pulley block
Lotus (department store chain)
Papa John's (pizza chain)
meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
decay chain
Costco (warehouse club chain)
lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
bucket brigade / human chain
human chain
chain reaction (chemistry)
PX Mart (supermarket chain in Taiwan)
Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)
(Tw) Costco (warehouse club chain)
the Andes mountain chain
Hilton (hotel chain)
chain letter
yoke / chains / shackles / fetters
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
industry value chain
linked in a unbroken chain

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