headscarf; kerchief; silk neckband
the slightest amount or degree; a bit
traditional Chinese musical instruments; music
silk screen; screen (printing)
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
serine (Ser), an amino acid
item made from woven silk or rayon
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
silk from worms fed on
柘 leaves
(silver) of low purity; low grade
filament (in a lightbulb)
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth
to spin synthetic fiber; to spin silk; spinning; filature
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
shredded meat (often pork)
stalk (filament) of stamen
lace (loanword) (textiles)
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
wisps of blood; visible veins; (of eyes) bloodshot
axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
fuse wire; (electrical) fuse
to grate; to shred (vegetable)
nematocyst; capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone
cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
spinneret; extrusion nozzle
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie; Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson; see also
烏骨雞
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
hulusi (a kind of free reed wind instrument); cucurbit flute
lesbian (slang) (loanword)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
auger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
giant swiftlet (collocalia gigas)
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
silk thread roll, steamed bun from Shandong province bun with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
the older generation (respectful term); old folk; silver-haired generation
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
(lit.) spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang
魚香
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
hot and sour shredded potato
warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp