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  *穿* | 穿* | *穿
to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
HSK 1
to put on (clothes etc)
HSK 4
attire; clothes; dress
HSK 7-9
to pass through
HSK 7-9
to pass through / to traverse / to cross
HSK 7-9
to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link
HSK 7-9
lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb
HSK 7-9
to wear (a garment)
to put on (clothes) / to put (clothes) back on
time travel
(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
to penetrate
to mix and match; outfit coordination
to travel back and forth / to shuttle
to dress; to be dressed / clothing; apparel
see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
to put on clothes; to get dressed
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
to travel through time
to cross (a street)
to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
to see through something at first glance (idiom)
full-length mirror
to skewer / to impale / to pierce through
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
to thread a needle
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things
durable / proof against wear and tear
amniocentesis
(idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc)
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
draft
to bore a hole / to give a forced interpretation
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
food and clothing
to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into
to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
to anxiously await
to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
waiting anxiously (idiom)
pierce
to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
to wear out (clothes) / to pierce (a membrane etc)
amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
to wear inside out (clothes)
to prick / to puncture
to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
time travel series (on TV)
time travel
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
smart clothes / particular about one's dress
to jaywalk
lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
frostbite / chilblain
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
(of an item of clothing) practical
puncture test
to expose / to uncover
to cross / to traverse
to be without food or clothing (idiom) / to be very poor
to shoot with great precision (idiom)
to watch in anticipation (idiom)
style of dress / one's appearance
to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through
penetrating radiation
to thread a needle
amniocentesis (abbr. for 羊膜穿刺)
amniocentesis
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on )


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