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iron hook
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉤* | 鉤* | *鉤
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
HSK 7-9
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
barb / (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick
fishhook
to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark
(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
to take the bait
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch
a hook / to make contact with sb
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
steelyard hook
window hook / window latch
(dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound
stroke in Chinese characters
to make a pinky promise
fishhook
iron hook at the end a long pole
clothes hook
stroke in Chinese characters
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈎* | 鈎* | *鈎
variant of 鉤|钩
HSK 7-9


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