in English

liàn
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 鏈, the traditional character: 链 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Small seal script: 鏈 Small seal script
  • Clerical script: 鏈 Clerical script 西漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 不要点击那个链接。

    Don't click on that link.

  • 他拉开了包的拉链。

    He zipped open his bag.

  • 他拉开裤子的拉链。

    He unzipped his pants.

  • 在沙发下,汤姆找到了玛丽的项链。

    Tom found Mary's necklace under the sofa.

  • 我们想和一个阿尔及利亚的供应商一起打造一条新的供应链。

    We want to develop a new supply chain with a supplier from Algeria.

  • 我的拉链卡住了。

    My zipper got stuck.

  • 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。

    I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.

  • 无产者在这个革命中失去的只是锁链。

    The proletarians lose nothing in this revolution but their chains.

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