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绞
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Definitions
- 1. to twist (strands into a thread)
- 2. to entangle
- 3. to wring
- 4. to hang (by the neck)
- 5. to turn
- 6. to wind
- 7. classifier for skeins of yarn
Words Containing 绞
meat grinder
to rack one's brains
gallstone colic
twisted pair (cabling)
abdominal cramping
gallows
angina
capstan
winch
gibbet
to wring
to execute by hanging
to hang (i.e. execute by hanging)
minced meat
to be hanged
a noose for hanging criminals
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
(martial arts) rear naked choke
sharp pain
to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting
reamer
jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
to rack one's brains