to grate (cheese, carrots etc) / to shred
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mitosis
silk from worms fed on 柘[] leaves
tussah silk
silk (specifically, mulberry silk)
shredded coconut
(silver) of low purity / low grade
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[]
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
gossamer / hairspring
(of a screw) to be stripped
welding wire
amitosis
loose tobacco / fine-cut tobacco / (literary) wisp of smoke / thin strand of smoke
fuse wire
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
filament (in a lightbulb)
raw silk
shredded ginger
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly
white pantyhose / white stockings
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡[]
tiny bit / a jot / whisker
erhua variant of 紋絲|纹丝[]
to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature
warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
shredded meat / shredded pork
expansion bolt
stalk (filament) of stamen
mycelium / hypha
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
loose tobacco / fine-cut tobacco
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
(textiles) (loanword) lace
lace border (loanword)
(slang) (loanword) lesbian
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27