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HSK
silk (cloth)
HSK 7-9
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  *缪* | 缪* | *缪
the Silk Road
to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
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  *绸* | 绸* | *绸
(light) silk / CL:
satin / silk fabric
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
rough-textured fabric of waste silk
(idiom) silk and satin
silk fabric / silk / CL:
poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
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Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
silk fabric
light silk / silk chiffon


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