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


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