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穿
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Definitions
- 1. to wear
- 2. to put on
- 3. to dress
- 4. to bore through
- 5. to pierce
- 6. to perforate
- 7. to penetrate
- 8. to pass through
- 9. to thread
Example Sentences
1 shown穿 絲襪！
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Words Containing 穿
to lay bare in a few words
to pass through
lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom)
time travel series (on TV)
to wear inside out (clothes)
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together
to be without food or clothing (idiom)
a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
to thread a needle
to expose
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it
penetrating radiation
style of dress
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
to penetrate
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
smart clothes
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
to anxiously await
to put on (clothes)
(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
to see through something at first glance (idiom)
richly bedecked
to shoot with great precision (idiom)
to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
to thread a needle
to puncture
to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
durable
to put on (clothes etc)
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
time travel
to run through
to watch in anticipation (idiom)
to thread a needle
to expose
amniocentesis
to wear clothes
time travel
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
frostbite
to wear out (clothes)
to cross
(of an item of clothing) practical
(TV or movie) blooper
to jaywalk
to bore a hole
waiting anxiously (idiom)
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom)
amniocentesis
to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through
to wear (a garment)
to insert
lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
to prick
to travel through time
to skewer
to dress
see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
pierce
to try wearing clothes
draft
to punch a hole; to perforate
to travel back and forth
to cross (a street)
to penetrate
attire; clothes; dress
to pass through
puncture test
to grind one's way through an ink stone
food and clothing