"threads" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
头绪頭緒	tóu xù		outline / main threads	syn
桄	guàng		woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings
千头万序	qiān tóu wàn xù		(idiom) Describes a complicated situation with many elements and threads to sort out. It is equivalent to “many threads and countless details.”
银丝卷銀絲捲	yín sī juǎn		yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
治丝益棼治絲益棼	zhì sī yì fén		lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
多端寡要	duō duān guǎi yào		(idiom) To have too many threads or points to deal with and fail to grasp the essentials.
经纬万端	jīng wěi wàn duān		(idiom) Describes a situation with an extremely large number of threads or aspects to deal with.
千端万绪	qiān duān wàn xù		(idiom) Describes a complicated matter involving many aspects and numerous threads to sort out.
三头两绪三頭兩緒	sān tóu liǎng xù		(idiom) Describes complicated and disorderly matters whose threads are difficult to disentangle.
一寸同心缕	yī cùn tóng xīn lǚ		(idiom) Originally, a small pouch tied with threads. By extension, it symbolizes a harmonious married couple.
万绪千端	wàn xù qiān duān		(idiom) A matter has many beginnings and threads. It also describes a complicated and chaotic situation.
丝纷栉比絲紛櫛比	sī fēn zhì bǐ		(idiom) As numerous and varied as threads, and arranged like the teeth of a comb. It describes a multitude of items presented in dense succession.
千条万绪	qiān tiáo wàn xù		(idiom) Describes a complicated matter involving many elements and threads to sort out.
千条万缕	qiān tiáo wàn lǚ		(idiom) Describes a great many threads, strands, or intertwined elements. It can also refer to numerous tangled thoughts or feelings.
千绪万端	qiān xù wàn duān		(idiom) Describes a complicated matter with many problems and threads to sort out.
心乱如丝心亂如絲	xīn luàn rú sī		(idiom) To have a mind as tangled as a mass of threads. It describes great inner confusion and agitation.
枝别条异	zhī bié tiáo yì		(idiom) Describes a situation whose threads are confused and whose elements are disordered.
简丝数米簡絲數米	jiǎn sī shǔ mǐ		(idiom) To sort threads and count grains of rice. It refers to painstaking work concerned with trivial details.
观者如织觀者如織	guān zhě rú zhī		(idiom) The spectators are packed together like threads in woven fabric. The expression describes a very large, dense crowd.

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