Definitions
- 1. muscle
- 2. tendon
- 3. veins visible under the skin
- 4. sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
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Common mistakes
Don't confuse 筋 (tendon/visible veins) with 肌 (muscle). 肌肉 refers to muscle tissue; 筋 is more specific.
Example Sentences
2 shown菜太老了，里面有很多 筋 。
真傷腦 筋 。
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Words Containing 筋
to be a real headache
brains
stubborn
all-purpose flour
low-gluten flour
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
to use one's brains
penis (Chinese medicine)
(coll.) dim-witted
backward somersault
flexor tendon (coll.)
cramp
stretching (exercise)
to tumble
rubber band
cartwheel
to turn cartwheels
wheat starch
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
(coll.) rubber band
rubber band
tumble
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired
lit. muscles and joints
tendons and muscles
veins
muscles and bones
to tumble
red and tense with anger (idiom)
red and tense with anger (idiom)
idiot
plantar fasciitis (medicine)
to play rubber band jump rope
muscle cramp
rebar (construction)
steel reinforcing bar
reinforced concrete
reinforced concrete
veins
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
bread flour
gluten