dìng shū dīngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
staple (stationery)
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Original source entry:

訂書釘 订书钉 [ding4 shu1 ding1] /staple (stationery)/

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Other forms in these source records: 訂書釘

  • 订
    dìng

    to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order

  • 书
    shū

    book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write

    Shū

    abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]

  • 钉
    dīng

    nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth)

    dìng

    to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on

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