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"(sewing) under thread" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn
缝线 縫線 féng xiàn sewing thread / suture
针头线脑 針頭線腦 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing syn
股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn
纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread
话头 話頭 huà tóu subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument) syn
引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn
缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine / CL:架[jia4]
金针 金針 jīn zhēn needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) syn
针线活 針線活 zhēn xiàn huó needlework / sewing syn
纳 納 nà to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing syn
缝缝连连 縫縫連連 féng féng lián lián needlework / sewing and mending syn
缝衣针 縫衣針 féng yī zhēn sewing needle syn
针线活计 針線活計 zhēn xiàn huó jì needlework / sewing
针线箔篱 針線箔籬 zhēn xiàn bó lí (dialect) wicker sewing basket
眼袋 yǎn dài puffiness under the eyes / bags under the eyes
解放战争 解放戰爭 jiě fàng zhàn zhēng War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
假藉 jiǎ jiè to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as
邓拓 鄧拓 dèng tuò Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨
根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol
专利合作条约实施细则 專利合作條約實施細則 Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty / Regulations under the PCT
灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
运作 運作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) syn
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn
置顶 置頂 zhì dǐng to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
贯穿 貫穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link syn
线程 線程 xiàn chéng (computing) thread
主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
贯通 貫通 guàn tōng to link up / to thread together syn
穿行 chuān xíng to go through / to pass through / to thread one's way through syn
螺纹 螺紋 luó wén spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw syn
一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn
一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn
蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn
千钧一发 千鈞一髮 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death syn
一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn
边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1]
热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum)
细线 細線 xì xiàn string / thread
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread / needlework syn
穿针引线 穿針引線 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn lit. to thread a needle (idiom) / fig. to act as a go-between syn
棉线 棉線 mián xiàn cotton thread / yarn cotton
丝状 絲狀 sī zhuàng thread-like
绒线 絨線 róng xiàn wool / woolen thread syn
发菜 髮菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
线 線 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn
段 duàn paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc syn
不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn
纬纱 緯紗 wěi shā woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft
线轴 線軸 xiàn zhóu thread spool
穿 chuān to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread syn
笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn
顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn
丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn
绪 緒 xù beginnings / clues / mental state / thread
钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn
轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn
绞 絞 jiǎo to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn syn
纬 緯 wěi latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft syn
缕 縷 lǚ strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) syn
绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn
纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn
纫 紉 rèn to thread (a needle) / to sew / to stitch / (literary) very grateful syn
黻 fú (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
纑 lú hempen thread / to dress hemp
紝 rèn thread used for weaving
引线穿针 引線穿針 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread syn
并纱 併紗 bìng shā doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread)
穿针走线 穿針走線 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn to thread a needle
端绪 端緒 duān xù start and development / thread (of a story) / general outline / clue syn
丝缕 絲縷 sī lǚ silk thread
经纱 經紗 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving)
缕息仅存 縷息僅存 lǚ xī jǐn cún one's life hangs by a thread (idiom)
纤瘦 纖瘦 xiān shòu slender / slim as a thread
语锋 語鋒 yǔ fēng thread of discussion / topic
轴丝 軸絲 zhóu sī axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
头路 頭路 tóu lù clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
纱支 紗支 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
一股子 yī gǔ zi a whiff of / a taint of / a thread of
风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
推文 tuī wén tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
单丝不成线，独木不成林 單絲不成線，獨木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín (idiom) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
执行绪 執行緒 zhí xíng xù (Tw) (computing) thread
经纬密度 經緯密度 jīng wěi mì dù (textiles) thread count
穿针 穿針 chuān zhēn to thread a needle syn
盖楼 蓋樓 gài lóu to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
千钧一发 千鈞一髮 qiān jūn - yī fà lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical / perilous (moment) syn
抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 chōu sī - bō jiǎn lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery / to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
挖坟 挖墳 wā fén to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
叙事线 敘事線 xù shì xiàn narrative thread / storyline
下面 xià mian below / under / next / the following syn
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
所属 所屬 suǒ shǔ one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command syn
之下 zhī xià under / beneath / less than syn
楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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