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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 indicate / to point out
HSK 3
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
fingernail
HSK 5
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
compass
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
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
nail clipper
(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)
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
to mention by name / to designate / designated
commander
nail polish
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
acupressure / shiatsu
fingerboard (of a guitar or violin etc)
headquarters / command post
indicator
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame
PLA commanders and fighters
(finger) ring
to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
nail clipper
baton
to testify / to give evidence
knuckle
instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA)
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
to instruct / to direct
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
demonstrative pronoun
indicator
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
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
to criticize
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)
to identify
to denounce / to censure / to rebuke
fingertips
to give directions
fingerprint / thumbprint / also written 指模
to finger-rape; digital rape
adviser / advising professor
coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
fingering (sexual act)
guide; handbook
conductor / director
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
(music) conductor
(medicine) digital examination (of a patient's rectum, vagina etc)
index fund
to show sb how to get to the right path
to point at; to indicate
to refer to / to be used in place of
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
(computing) instruction set
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
compass
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
pointing device (computing)
tutorial / period of tuition for one or two students
(medicine) indicator / indication
command center
exponential function
index arbitrage
index options
fingerprint / thumbprint / also written 指摹
to assign / to appoint / assignment
fingernail
nail clipper
determination of cadastral parcel boundaries
whitlow / felon
indicator
designation / reference / to refer to
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
to criticize
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything


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