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needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL: ,
HSK 4
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
acupuncture and moxibustion / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
HSK 7-9
compass
HSK 7-9
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
probe
fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
knitting / knitted garment
tip of a needle / syringe needle
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
paper clip
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
brooch
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
hand of a clock / hour hand
pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:
thimble
stylus (needle) of a record player
heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
(medicine) sty
to thread a needle
firing pin
major policy of the national government
to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
needle felting (craft) / piece of felt used as a pincushion
day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
knitting needle
needlework / sewing
conifer
sewing needle
to faint during acupuncture or injection
to do needlework
general policy / overall guidelines
pine needle
hand of a clock
pinhole
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
acupuncture needle
acupuncture anesthesia
knitwear
lightning rod
needle and thread / needlework
paper clip
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
second hand (of a clock)
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
the eye of a needle
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
to stitch fabric / (medicine) to sew up a wound or incision
needle-leaved forest
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
thimble
needle-leaved (tree)
acupuncture anesthesia
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
staple (variant of 訂書針|订书针)
crochet hook / crochet needle
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture
fishhook
to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
needle-shaped
staple
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
remonstrance / admonition
(electronics) pin header; male header
jet injector
paper clip
syringe
needle / hypodermic needle
clockwise
counterclockwise
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 in 1961: 調整鞏固充實提高|调整巩固充实提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
(vaccine) booster shot
another name for 金箍棒 / (fig.) stabilizing force
wind vane / anemometer / weathercock
to put sb on an intravenous drip

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