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HSK
dragon (as a decorative design)
stripe
ripple / corrugation
die (printing, metalwork etc)
stripe / streak
(bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae)
zoomorphic mask motif
(textiles) twill
to not move a single jot (idiom)
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
striated muscle
coat of arms
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
ripples
to shrivel
blue cheese
crosswise pattern
crack / flaw
vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
tiny bit / a jot / whisker
cosmetic tattooing; semi-permanent makeup; micropigmentation / embroidery
(bird species of China) striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)
(bird species of China) spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)
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line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)
decorative design
HSK 7-9
plain weave
laugh lines (on the face)
decorative motif / figure
twill weave
wrinkle / CL:
(bird species of China) streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum)
(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
(bird species of China) pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis)
serpentine (geology)
(bird species of China) stripe-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
(bird species of China) hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
fine silver
to tattoo
veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
(bird species of China) Blyth's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
serpentine (geology)
(bird species of China) eyebrowed wren-babbler (Napothera epilepidota)
striped
lamina / lamella / lamination
spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw
paper clip
horizontal stripe / striation
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
(bird species of China) Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)
absolutely still / fig. not the slightest change / also written 文風不動|文风不动
rib (in fabric) / ribbed pattern
(bird species of China) stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
stria longitudinalis (in the brain)
to tattoo
(bird species of China) striated bulbul (Alcurus striatus)
leopard pattern; leopard print
(bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
(bird species of China) streak-throated barwing (Actinodura waldeni)
(bird species of China) stripe-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)
(bird species of China) little owl (Athene noctua)
variant of 文身
variant of 文面
satin weave
erhua variant of 紋絲|纹丝
(bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata)
(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
(bird species of China) streaked weaver (Ploceus manyar)
erhua variant of 紋縷|纹缕
(bird species of China) Hartert's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus goodsoni)


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