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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钉* | 钉* | *钉
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
HSK 7-9
nail / snag / saboteur
HSK 7-9
to meet with a rebuff
HSK 7-9
nose stud; nose piercing
householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers
a thorn in one's side
thumbtack
stud earring
rivet
cramp
screw
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
Oncomelania
nail hammer / claw hammer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钉* | 钉* | *钉
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of
rake
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
DingTalk, business communication platform developed by Alibaba
hexagon socket head cap screw
variant of 補丁|补丁
to clinch (a nail) / to nail down
to nail securely / to execute by means of impalement / to crucify
spike
screw
head of nail
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
staple (stationery)
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢
rake
staple (variant of 訂書針|订书针)
tongue ring / tongue piercing
a thorn in one's side
tack / thumbtack / push pin
thumbtack
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
staple remover
stapler
rivet gun
nail gun / stud gun
claw hammer
to make doubly sure (idiom)
peg
that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
claw hammer
nail gun; staple gun


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