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
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
angina
reamer
to execute by hanging
gibbet
to wring
gallows
to hang (i.e. execute by hanging)
to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting
sharp pain
to rack one's brains
capstan
a noose for hanging criminals
to be hanged
minced meat
meat grinder
jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
to rack one's brains
winch
abdominal cramping
gallstone colic
(martial arts) rear naked choke
twisted pair (cabling)