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  *指* | 指* | *指
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
HSK 3
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
middle finger
to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
to mean / to imply
the objects indicated / as pointed out
the five fingers of one's hand
especially / particularly
to mean / to signify
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
to refer to / metaphor
to count on one's fingers
a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
little finger
thumb / big toe
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
thumb
stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数
pitch-dark (idiom)
self-reference
index finger
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
futures index (abbr. for 期貨指數|期货指数)
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
ring finger
big toe
USB flash drive
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
thumb / big toe
to refer in particular to
to give a thumbs-up
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
fat finger error (finance)
to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)
to give the middle finger
little finger / pinkie
Dow Jones Industrial Average (abbr. for 道瓊斯指數|道琼斯指数)
to be accused of; to be alleged to
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
to give a thumbs-up / to express one's approval
index finger
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
(fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc)
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
to give the middle finger
index finger
circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
NASDAQ / National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture
variant of 扳指
erroneous variant of 拇指
variant of 腳趾|脚趾


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