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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *插* | 插* | *插
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *插* | 插* | *插
old variant of
HSK 5
illustration
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
HSK 7-9
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
plug
plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component
to insert; to stick in; to plug in
interpolation (math.)
slot
illustration
jack / socket
(medicine) to intubate / intubation / (endotracheal) tube
flower arranging / ikebana
to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
socket / outlet
to join a class partway through the course
to transplant rice seedlings
socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in
music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old)
bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) / (electrical) plug
to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc / to put a call on hold
to interrupt (sb speaking) / interruption / digression
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest / buffoonery
(agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings
to slide in and out / thrusting
to plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings
to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
crowded tightly / jam-packed
to plug into / to insert / to stick in
power strip
episode / brief interlude
(coll.) to intubate
hot swapping
plug-and-play
interjection
bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)
electric socket / power point
power strip / powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
power strip
to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral) / (math.) to interpolate / interpolation
(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
variant of 叉腰
to extrapolate / extrapolation (math.) / (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)
slot advertisement / interstitial ad / splash ad
(of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
power strip
to be unable to intervene
(genetics) insertion element
to poke in the eye / (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item) / to keep tabs on (an online discussion etc); to monitor (for updates)
interpolation (math.)
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
endotracheal intubation (medicine)
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
(of a connector etc) inline
to propagate from leaf cuttings
to replug / to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)
plug and play (computing)


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