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
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
bean vermicelli
the slightest amount or degree
silk cloth
screw
screw
one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
rayon
fuse wire
wire cutting pincers
a bit chilly
razor wire
to grate
grater
nematocyst
cnidocyte
Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
barbed wire
crosshairs
linked in countless ways
(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
spinneret
(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
julienned potato
loser (Internet slang)
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
filature silk
microfilament
capillary blood vessels
Iris (name)
Alice (name)
Alice Springs, town in central Australia
Alice in Wonderland
mousse (loanword)
(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
to spin silk
lit. to spin silk from cocoons
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
wire drawing
hair mousse (loanword)
to grate (cheese, carrots etc); to shred
mitosis
silk from worms fed on 柘[zhè] leaves
shredded coconut
(silver) of low purity
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
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
gossamer
welding wire
amitosis
fuse wire
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
filament (in a lightbulb)
raw silk
shredded ginger
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
silk
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer
black-boned chicken
tiny bit
to not move a single jot (idiom)
to spin synthetic fiber
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
spinneret
headscarf
ribbon
cypress
accurate to perfection (idiom)
serine (Ser), an amino acid
thread-like
filament
filovirus
luffa (loofah)
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
traditional Chinese musical instruments
silk waistband
velvet
fine drizzle
the Silk Road
the ancient Silk Road
silk fabric
silk screen
silk floss
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
silk thread
item made from woven silk or rayon
woven silk fabric
silk gland
stockings
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
the Silk Road
drizzle
warp brocade
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
shredded meat
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
stalk (filament) of stamen
mycelium
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
lace (loanword) (textiles)
lace border (loanword)
lesbian (slang) (loanword)
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
lit. spider's thread and horse track
screwdriver
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
screwdriver
auger
Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing \river blindness\ or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
\river blindness\ or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
wisps of blood
Beatrix (name)
to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
hot and sour shredded potato
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
canary
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
silver-haired generation
copper wire
steel wire
hawser
jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
die-hard fan
iron wire
wire netting
drizzle
fine black hair
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
hair (on the head)
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yú xiāng]
slightly salty