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"nail clipper" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
指甲钳 指甲鉗 zhǐ jia qián nail clipper
指甲剪 zhǐ jia jiǎn nail clipper
指甲刀 zhǐ jia dāo nail clipper
Chinese Pinyin Translation
钉子 釘子 dīng zi nail / snag / saboteur syn
指甲油 zhǐ jia yóu nail polish
厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters / to fight tooth and nail syn
一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn
敲定 qiāo dìng to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc) syn
斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical syn
一语道破 一語道破 yī yǔ dào pò one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct syn
钉 釘 dīng nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1] syn
钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
钉锤 釘錘 dīng chuí nail hammer / claw hammer
钉头 釘頭 dīng tóu head of nail
钉牢 釘牢 dīng láo to clinch (a nail) / to nail down
切中时病 切中時病 qiè zhòng shí bìng to hit the target where it hurts (idiom) / fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
钉是钉，铆是铆 釘是釘，鉚是鉚 dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
钉死 釘死 dìng sǐ to nail securely / to execute by means of impalement / to crucify
中的 zhòng dì to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
去光水 qù guāng shuǐ nail polish remover (Tw)
射钉枪 射釘槍 shè dīng qiāng nail gun / stud gun
正中要害 zhèng zhòng yào hài to hit the nail on the head (idiom) syn
发言中肯 發言中肯 fā yán zhòng kěn to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
破的 pò dì to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
软钉子 軟釘子 ruǎn dīng zi lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
咬甲癖 yǎo jiǎ pǐ onychophagia (nail biting)
蔻丹 kòu dān nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
洗甲水 xǐ jiǎ shuǐ nail polish remover
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
揳 xiē to hammer in (a nail) / to drive (a wedge)
挤破头 擠破頭 jǐ pò tóu to fight tooth and nail to get sth
斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng - jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical syn
美甲师 美甲師 měi jiǎ shī manicurist / nail artist
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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