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


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