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fuse wire
the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
spinneret
one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit / an iota
screw
HSK 7-9
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
the Silk Road
fuse wire / (electrical) fuse
wisps of blood / visible veins / (of eyes) bloodshot
rayon
the slightest amount or degree / a bit
HSK 7-9
silk (cloth)
HSK 7-9
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
silk / pure silk
silk waistband
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
filament (in a lightbulb)
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
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silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
HSK 7-9
loser (Internet slang)
iron wire / CL: / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝)
crosshairs
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
thread-like
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香
tiny bit / a jot / whisker
lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue
steel wire / tightrope
razor wire
grater / shredder
screwdriver / CL:
screw
barbed wire
accurate to perfection (idiom) / precise to the finest detail
shredded meat / shredded pork
hawser / steel rope
(slang) (loanword) lesbian
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
capillary blood vessels
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
spinneret / extrusion nozzle
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
julienned potato
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡
(of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth / (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless
silk fabric
ribbon
screwdriver
drizzle / fine rain
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
raw silk
to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature
velvet
lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese music instruments
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
hair (on the head)
welding wire
silk screen / screen (printing)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
microfilament
(textiles) (loanword) lace
traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
mousse (loanword)
mitosis
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
shredded daikon pie
stainless steel scourer
combination pliers; lineman's pliers
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
cnidocyte / nettle cell of medusa or anemone
lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
item made from woven silk or rayon
canary
jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
woven silk fabric
Alice in Wonderland
Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer
to not move a single jot (idiom)
drizzle / fine rain
"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
hot and sour shredded potato
amitosis
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
die-hard fan
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband
(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
stalk (filament) of stamen

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