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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
merch; spin-off product (related to a pop-culture franchise such as a movie, game or band etc)
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard
makeup artist / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
nuclear spin
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
spinning and weaving
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to feel giddy; to feel dizzy; one's head spins
to spin (cotton, wool etc) / spinning
to roll rapidly; to spin / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu5]
spinning top / gyroscope
fainting and giddy / one's head spins
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
spin class; indoor cycling class (a type of group fitness class) / exercise bike used in such a class; spin bike
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing)
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  *績* | 績* | *績
to spin (hemp etc) / merit / accomplishment / Taiwan pr. [ji1]
head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint
dizzying / it makes one's head spin
(physics) spin (of a particle)
small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on
spin ball
to spin / to whirl around
spinning wheel
spinning and weaving
head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy / fainting / vertigo
to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit)
vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
(onom.) rolling around; spinning / also pr. [gu1lu1lu1] / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu4lu5]
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
money-spinning / moneymaking
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
spin-off series (TV)
to spin rapidly; to whirl around / (of time) to fly by
dizzy / giddy / one's head spins
to spin silk
(dialect) to chat; to gossip; to spin a yarn
(Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺, tangram 七巧板 etc)
spinning wheel
lathe operator / spinning wheel worker
spinor (math.)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *軖* | 軖* | *軖
spinning wheel / wheelbarrow
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  *紡* | 紡* | *紡
to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric


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