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finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to guide; to direct; to instruct / coach; trainer
HSK 3
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
HSK 3
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
fingernail
HSK 5
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
middle finger
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
winding number
price index
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
fingertip / finger
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
countless / innumerable
to mean / to imply
the objects indicated / as pointed out
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
the five fingers of one's hand
to refer to / to be used in place of
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Composite Index
command center
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
commander
especially / particularly
to show sb how to get to the right path
in a flash (idiom)
(music) conductor
to mean / to signify
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
exponential function
to give nonsensical instructions / to issue orders out of ignorance
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
indicator
duodenum
indicator
to refer to / metaphor
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index)
to count on one's fingers
index options
coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
to criticize
to blame unscrupulously
to give a thumbs-up
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
nail polish
to count on one's fingers
a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
compass
HSK 7-9
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
little finger
thumb / big toe
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
thumb
fingernail
adviser / advising professor
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
fidget spinner
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
sexual orientation
technical instructor / coach
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
moving average index (used in financial analysis)
headquarters / command post
index fund
self-reference
(of a notable person etc) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance (idiom)
indicator
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything
index finger
to criticize
pitch-dark (idiom)
(medicine) indicator / indication
general headquarters
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
(computing) instruction set
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
knuckle
futures index (abbr. for 期貨指數|期货指数)
consumer price index CPI

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