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 |  | to give or get an injection   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | needle   / pin   / injection   / stitch   / CL: 根,  支 | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | acupuncture needle   |  | 
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 |  | another name for  金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel   / (fig.) stabilizing force   |  | 
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 |  | Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)   |  | 
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 |  | paper clip   |  | 
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 |  | immunization injection  / fig. forewarning  / heads-up  / preventive measure   |  | 
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 |  | compass   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)   |  | 
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 |  | acupuncture anesthesia   |  | 
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 |  | anticlockwise  / counterclockwise   |  | 
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 |  | to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat  / measure for measure   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | 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   |  | 
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 |  | conifer   |  | 
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 |  | knitting  / knitted garment   |  | 
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 |  | to do needlework   |  | 
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 |  | minute hand (of a clock or watch)  / double crochet   |  | 
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 |  | needle  / hypodermic needle   |  | 
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 |  | counterclockwise   |  | 
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 |  | acupuncture and moxibustion  / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch   |  | 
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 |  | focus  / direction  / purpose  / relevance   |  | 
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 |  | flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework   |  | 
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 |  | compass   |  | 
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 |  | tip of a needle  / syringe needle   |  | 
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 |  | to thread a needle   |  | 
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 |  | heart-strengthening shot  / fig. a shot in the arm   |  | 
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 |  | pointer on a gauge  / clock hand  / cursor  / (computing) pointer   |  | 
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 |  | enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white (abbr. to  金菇)   |  | 
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 |  | firing pin   |  | 
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 |  | to stitch fabric  / (medicine) to sew up a wound or incision   |  | 
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 |  | needle-leaved forest   |  | 
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 |  | pincushion   |  | 
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 |  | needle-shaped   |  | 
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 |  | needlework  / working for a living as a needleworker   |  | 
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 |  | probe   |  | 
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 |  | day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine   |  | 
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 |  | (computing) dot matrix printer   |  | 
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 |  | needle-leaved (tree)   |  | 
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 |  | (zoology) echidna   |  | 
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 |  | pinhole   |  | 
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 |  | major policy of the national government   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)  / fig. to hit the nail on the head   |  | 
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 |  | to put sb on an intravenous drip   |  | 
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 |  | lightning rod   |  | 
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 |  | shiny-leaf prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)   |  | 
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 |  | wind vane  / anemometer  / weathercock   |  | 
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 |  | (bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)   |  | 
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 |  | to thread a needle   |  | 
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 |  | crochet hook  / crochet needle   |  | 
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 |  | hand of a clock  / hour hand   |  | 
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 |  | silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)   |  | 
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 |  | general policy  / overall guidelines   |  | 
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 |  | 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"   |  | 
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 |  | paper clip   |  | 
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 |  | minute hand (of a clock or watch)   |  | 
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 |  | to give or have an acupuncture treatment   |  | 
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 |  | (bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)   |  | 
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 |  | acupuncture anesthesia   |  | 
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 |  | acupuncture needle  / hypodermic needle   |  | 
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 |  | eye of a needle  / pinprick  / pinhole   |  | 
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 |  | (medicine) stye; hordeolum   |  | 
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 |  | needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)   |  | 
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 |  | saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)   |  | 
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 |  | stitch   |  | 
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 |  | stylus (needle) of a record player   |  | 
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 |  | needle and thread  / needlework   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between   |  | 
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 |  | pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)   |  | 
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 |  | (bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)   |  | 
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 |  | 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   |  | 
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 |  | needle used in embroidery or sewing  / acupuncture needle  / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)   |  | 
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 |  | sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | pine needle   |  | 
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 |  | nose-acupuncture therapy   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to fish a needle from the sea  / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)   |  | 
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 |  | fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection   |  | 
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 |  | auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)   |  | 
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 |  | thimble   |  | 
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 |  | clockwise   |  | 
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 |  | staple   |  | 
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 |  | remonstrance  / admonition   |  | 
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 |  | to prick with a needle  / to treat by acupuncture   |  | 
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 |  | knitting needle   |  | 
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 |  | spicule (in biology)  / bone needle (in archaeology)   |  | 
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 |  | to thread a needle  / (fig.) to act as a go-between   |  | 
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 |  | (electronics) pin header; male header   |  | 
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 |  | the eye of a needle   |  | 
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 |  | to faint during acupuncture or injection   |  | 
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