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针
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Definitions
- 1. needle
- 2. pin
- 3. injection
- 4. stitch
Words Containing 针
nose-acupuncture therapy
acupuncture and moxibustion
syringe
compass
needle-shaped
to prick with a needle
firing pin
to do needlework
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat
needlework
brooch
pointer on a gauge
lightning rod
to critique
anticlockwise
immunization injection
stitch
counterclockwise
needle and thread
conifer
thimble
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
policy
seam
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mó chǔ chéng zhēn]
spicule (in biology)
pincushion
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom)
to thread a needle
fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
pinhole
heart-strengthening shot
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
remonstrance
lit. to fish a needle from the sea
staple
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
pin
compass
wicker sewing basket (dialect)
needle-leaved forest
acupuncture needle
needlework
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom)
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
(medicine) sty
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
refers to 百花運動|百花运动[bǎi huā yùn dòng] with its slogan 百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣
wind vane
to thread a needle
to target
eye of a needle
(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
see 大海撈針|大海捞针[dà hǎi lāo zhēn]
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
(vaccine) booster shot
knitting needle
to put sb on an intravenous drip
sewing needle
to thread a needle
ampoule
second hand (of a clock)
another name for 金箍棒[jīn gū bàng]
acupuncture anesthesia
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
clockwise
needle-leaved (tree)
paper clip
a stitch
echidna
see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuāng bǎi fāng zhēn]
acupuncture needle
jet injector
needle felting (craft)
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
to give or have an injection
knitwear
acupuncture needle
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
general policy
echidna
minute hand (of a clock)
needle
to inject poison
the eye of a needle
see 注射針|注射针[zhù shè zhēn]
to faint during acupuncture or injection
hand of a clock
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
paper clip
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
probe
focus
needle and thread
thimble
needle
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
hand of a clock
knitting
to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
acupuncture anesthesia
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
major policy of the national government
paper clip
crochet hook
stylus (gramophone needle)