"Thread" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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线 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story)
穿 chuān to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
线 xiàn chéng (computing) thread
线 sī xiàn thread / silk yarn
 huà tóu subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument)
 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1]
线 xì xiàn string / thread
线 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
 sī silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
 xù beginnings / clues / mental state / thread
 lu:3 strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
 rèn to string / to thread (needle)
 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread
 duān xù start and development / thread (of a story) / general outline / clue
 tóu lù clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
 zhí xíng xù (Tw) (computing) thread
 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
 zhì dǐng to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link
线 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant
线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
 guàn tōng to link up / to thread together
 luó wén spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw
 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue
 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death
 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota
 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum)
 huà fēng topic under discussion / thread of discussion
线 zhēn xiàn needle and thread / needlework
穿线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn lit. to thread a needle (idiom) / fig. to act as a go-between
线 mián xiàn cotton thread / yarn cotton
线 féng xiàn sewing thread / suture
线 róng xiàn wool / woolen thread
 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
 duàn paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
 bù jué rú lu:3 hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly
 wěi shā woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft
 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
线 xiàn zhóu thread spool
 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
 wěi latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft
 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / embroidery hoop / woven bed mat
 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread
 fú (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
 lú hempen thread / to dress hemp
 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
 rèn thread used for weaving
线穿 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn a pull-through to thread a needle / fig. to act as go-between
 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
穿线 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn to thread a needle
 sī lu:3 silk thread
 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving)
 lu:3 xī jǐn cún one's life hangs by a thread (idiom)
 xiān shòu slender / slim as a thread
 yǔ fēng thread of discussion / topic
 zhóu sī axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
线 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) / (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
 yī gǔ zi a whiff of / a taint of / a thread of
 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
 tuī wén tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
线 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
 jīng wěi mì dù (textiles) thread count
穿 chuān zhēn to thread a needle
 gài lóu to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
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