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finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to guide; to direct; to instruct / coach; trainer
HSK 3
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
fingernail
HSK 5
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
to refer to / to be used in place of
command center
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
commander
to show sb how to get to the right path
(music) conductor
exponential function
indicator
indicator
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
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coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
to criticize
nail polish
compass
HSK 7-9
fingernail
adviser / advising professor
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
fidget spinner
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
headquarters / command post
index fund
indicator
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything
to criticize
(medicine) indicator / indication
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
(computing) instruction set
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
knuckle
to mention by name / to designate / designated
determination of cadastral parcel boundaries
instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA)
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
PLA commanders and fighters
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
finger pad
(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住)
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
(finger) ring
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
conductor / director
pointing device (computing)
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame
to point at; to indicate
to denounce / to censure / to rebuke
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
fingerprint / thumbprint / also written 指摹
nail clipper
to give directions
fingerboard (of a guitar or violin etc)
demonstrative pronoun
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint
finger segment / knuckle
acupressure / shiatsu
(medicine) digital examination (of a patient's rectum, vagina etc)
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
index arbitrage
to instruct / to direct
baton
to assign / to appoint / assignment
guide; handbook
to finger-rape; digital rape
fingertip
designation / reference / to refer to
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
compass
tutorial / period of tuition for one or two students
fingerprint / thumbprint / also written 指模
nail clipper
nail clipper
to identify
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試|大学入学指定科目考试
to testify / to give evidence
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms

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