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缠丝玛瑙

chán sī mǎ nǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-0bb3dd9b6a9f8139. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

纏絲瑪瑙 缠丝玛瑙 [chan2 si1 ma3 nao3] /sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)/

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Other forms in these source records: 纏絲瑪瑙

  • 缠
    chán

    to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

  • 丝
    sī

    silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

  • 玛
    mǎ

    used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[mǎ nǎo]

  • 瑙
    nǎo

    used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[mǎ nǎo]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.