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cord; string; rope / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
to jump rope; to skip / a skipping rope; a jump rope
to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite; to work together
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
reins
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
Okinawa Island
yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
cable / hawser / mooring rope
string to tie hair
knot
cotton rope; cord
Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa prefecture, Japan
rope
compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
clothesline
rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
lanyard
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
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rope / CL:
clothesline
string / twine / cord
a lasso
hawser / steel rope
tow rope
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
noose / harness
sling
rope for drawing water from a well
tightrope walking
the Okinawa archipelago
lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations
a rope ladder
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
hamstring (anatomy)
a noose


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