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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 si1silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; Classifiers: ; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
2丝毫 絲毫 háosi1 hao2the slightest amount or degree; a bit
3灯丝 燈絲 dēng deng1 si1filament (in a lightbulb)
4蚕丝 蠶絲 cán can2 si1natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
5丝绸 絲綢 chóusi1 chou2silk cloth; silk
6铁丝 鐵絲 tiě tie3 si1iron wire; Classifiers:
7金丝猴 金絲猴 jīn hóujin1 si1 hou2golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
8饵丝 餌絲 ěr er3 si1a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
9铜丝 銅絲 tóng tong2 si1copper wire
10治丝益棼 治絲益棼 zhì fénzhi4 si1 yi4 fen2lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom); fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
11厂丝 廠絲 chǎng chang3 si1filature silk
12屌丝 屌絲 diǎo diao3 si1loser (Internet slang)
13单丝不成线,独木不成林 單絲不成線,獨木不成林 dān chéng xiàn , chéng líndan1 si1 bu4 cheng2 xian4 , du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
14刺丝胞动物 刺絲胞動物 bāo dòng ci4 si1 bao1 dong4 wu4Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
15刺丝胞 刺絲胞 bāoci4 si1 bao1cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
16刺钢丝 刺鋼絲 gāng ci4 gang1 si1barbed wire
17吃螺丝 吃螺絲 chī luó chi1 luo2 si1(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
18常德丝弦 常德絲弦 cháng xiánChang2 de2 si1 xian2Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
19缠丝玛瑙 纏絲瑪瑙 chán nǎochan2 si1 ma3 nao3sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
20病来如山倒,病去如抽丝 病來如山倒,病去如抽絲 bìng lái shān dǎo , bìng chōu bing4 lai2 ru2 shan1 dao3 , bing4 qu4 ru2 chou1 si1sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
21贝娅特丽克丝 貝婭特麗克絲 bèi Bei4 ya4 te4 li4 ke4 si1Beatrix (name)
22保险丝 保險絲 bǎo xiǎn bao3 xian3 si1fuse wire; (electrical) fuse
23拔丝 拔絲 ba2 si1wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
24走钢丝 走鋼絲 zǒu gāng zou3 gang1 si1to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
25爱丽丝漫游奇境记 愛麗絲漫遊奇境記 ài màn yóu jìng Ai4 li4 si1 Man4 you2 Qi2 jing4 Ji4Alice in Wonderland