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丝
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Definitions
- 1. silk
- 2. thread
- 3. trace
- 4. (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
- 5. classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
Words Containing 丝
screwdriver
traditional Chinese musical instruments
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
linked in countless ways
silk from worms fed on 柘[zhè] leaves
iron wire
nematocyst
hair mousse (loanword)
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
the Silk Road
filovirus
shredded meat
mousse (loanword)
serine (Ser), an amino acid
loser (Internet slang)
silk waistband
\river blindness\ or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
spinneret
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
warp brocade
to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
silk fabric
to spin silk
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
thread-like
razor wire
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
lit. spider's thread and horse track
gossamer
to not move a single jot (idiom)
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
stockings
hot and sour shredded potato
wisps of blood
hawser
julienned potato
shredded ginger
to grate (cheese, carrots etc); to shred
filament
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
welding wire
grater
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
raw silk
stalk (filament) of stamen
the Silk Road
one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
cypress
wire cutting pincers
luffa (loofah)
barbed wire
fuse wire
filament (in a lightbulb)
ribbon
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
Beatrix (name)
rayon
silk cloth
tiny bit
a \screw that never rusts\ — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[léi fēng], to whom the metaphor is attributed
Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing \river blindness\ or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
steel wire
Alice Springs, town in central Australia
screwdriver
crosshairs
screw
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
black-boned chicken
die-hard fan
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
to spin synthetic fiber
(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
silk floss
fine drizzle
canary
item made from woven silk or rayon
lit. to spin silk from cocoons
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
silk
capillary blood vessels
hair (on the head)
mitosis
silk thread
copper wire
screw
drizzle
Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer
silk screen
silver-haired generation
lesbian (slang) (loanword)
axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
shredded coconut
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
wire netting
accurate to perfection (idiom)
to grate
(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
a bit chilly
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
amitosis
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yú xiāng]
mycelium
silk gland
cnidocyte
the slightest amount or degree
headscarf
spinneret
microfilament
(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
wire drawing
Alice (name)
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
the ancient Silk Road
Iris (name)
slightly salty
auger
fine black hair
lace border (loanword)
Alice in Wonderland
filature silk
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
drizzle
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
lace (loanword) (textiles)
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
velvet
bean vermicelli
woven silk fabric
(silver) of low purity
fuse wire