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Pinyin: sīEnglish Definition: silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; Classifiers: 条 ; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etcChinese Definition: ①蚕吐出的像线的东西，是织绸缎等的原料：蚕丝。丝绸。缂丝(中国特有的一种丝织的手工艺品。亦作“刻丝”)。
②像丝的东西：铁丝。菌丝。肉丝。游丝。
③细微，极小：一丝不苟。
④绵长的思绪或感情：情丝。愁丝。
⑤中国市制重量单位(一丝等于千分之一分)：丝毫(喻极少，极小，一点儿)。丝恩发怨(指极小的恩怨)。
⑥公制长度单位，一米的十万分之一(亦称“忽米”、“道”)。
⑦指弦乐器：丝竹(琴、瑟、箫、笛等乐器的总称。“竹”指管乐器)。
⑧中国古代乐器八音之一。Total strokes: 5;
Radical: 一 Ideographic: Simplified form of 絲, two threads
Character Formation:
- ⿱ Above to below
- ⿰ Left to right
- 一 [ yī ] one; a, an; alone
Example Words:
丝毫 [
sī háo ]: the slightest amount or degree; a bit
一丝不苟 [
yī sī bù gǒu ]: not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
吐丝 [
tǔ sī ]: (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
永不生锈的螺丝钉 [
yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng ]: a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng
雷锋 , to whom the metaphor is attributed
Example Sentences- 你、桃丽丝和我一起见个面喝点酒怎么样?
How about you meet Doris and me for a drink?
- 可为什么海丝特要嫁给他呢？既然她一点儿都不爱他？
Why Hester married him since she did not like him at all?
- 柔丝：这就是你把全部时间花在电脑上的原因吗？
Rose: Is that why you spend all your time on the computer?
- 他把这条“鱼”提到了船板上，小心不去拉动他肩上的钓丝。
He lifted the fish aboard, careful not to jerk the line over his shoulder.
- 其中的一个不同就是他钢琴内部的琴丝。
Among the differences was the wire inside his instrument.
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