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HSK
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
(vaccine) booster shot
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
needle-leaved (tree)
thimble
needle / hypodermic needle
heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
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needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL: ,
HSK 4
acupuncture anesthesia
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white (abbr. to 金菇)
brooch
acupuncture and moxibustion / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
HSK 7-9
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
general policy / overall guidelines
to put sb on an intravenous drip
conifer
hand of a clock
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:
knitting needle
second hand (of a clock)
paper clip
compass
HSK 7-9
counterclockwise
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
to thread a needle
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
pinhole
stitch
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
lightning rod
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
hand of a clock / hour hand
to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force
major policy of the national government
needle-shaped
clockwise
fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
paper clip
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
to stitch fabric / (medicine) to sew up a wound or incision
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
(medicine) stye; hordeolum
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
to thread a needle
needlework / sewing
probe
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
needle-leaved forest
to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
shiny-leaf prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)
to thread a needle
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
staple
syringe
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
needle and thread / needlework
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
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"
to faint during acupuncture or injection
acupuncture needle
ampoule
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
firing pin
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
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
wind vane / anemometer / weathercock
remonstrance / admonition
to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
the eye of a needle
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
jet injector
pincushion
knitwear
crochet hook / crochet needle
to do needlework
thimble
tip of a needle / syringe needle
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
compass
(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
seam
needlework / working for a living as a needleworker
(dialect) wicker sewing basket
acupuncture anesthesia

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