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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *针* | 针* | *针
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL: ,
HSK 4
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *针* | 针* | *针
variant of 針|针, needle
HSK 4
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
acupuncture and moxibustion / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
HSK 7-9
needle-shaped
tip of a needle / syringe needle
syringe
pinhole
needle-leaved (tree)
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
(medicine) sty
stitch
to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
the eye of a needle
acupuncture anesthesia
thimble
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
knitting / knitted garment
pincushion
needle felting (craft) / piece of felt used as a pincushion
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
acupuncture needle / hypodermic needle
knitwear
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
echidna
conifer
needle-leaved forest
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture
acupuncture anesthesia
fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
ampoule
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
erhua variant of 針箍|针箍
needle and thread / needlework
needlework / sewing
needlework / working for a living as a needleworker
needlework / sewing
(dialect) wicker sewing basket
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
echidna


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