Results for “插”

to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong

interpolation (math.)

to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)

bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)

unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)

(of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)

to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral) / (math.) to interpolate / interpolation

plug-and-play

to extrapolate / extrapolation (math.) / (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)

episode / brief interlude

(agriculture) to plant by cuttage / to propagate from cuttings

to slide in and out / thrusting

power strip

crowded tightly / jam-packed

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

to plant roots / to propagate from root cuttings

endotracheal intubation (medicine)

(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous

lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫

hot swapping

(of a connector etc) inline

to propagate from leaf cuttings

lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch

to replug / to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)

plug and play (computing)

electric socket / power point

lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)

variant of 叉腰[chā yāo]