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Meaning of 缕

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(Trad.: 縷)
Pinyin:
English Definition: strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
Chinese Definition:
①线:千丝万缕。不绝如缕。
②泛指线状物。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ ] silk; thread
    • [ lóu ] a constellation; to wear; surname
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Example Sentences
1
After two months of darkness, a thread would reappear in January.
2
Then he gently patted the strand back into place, and I felt his cool fingertips against my throat.
3
Such a unique view can only occur during those few seconds where the existing moonlight balances with the almost unseen first rays of sunlight.
4
使
50
Instead of entering middle age and letting himself be chained to earth, he has floated away like a wisp, annihilated on the brink of a 50-date concert tour that I for one was dreading.
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In this winter scene, photographer Melissa Farlow waited until the last rays of the setting sun touched the tops of the trees to make her picture.