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螺丝刀luó sī dāo
screwdriver
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
螺丝刀 | ||
1. Simplified form of 螺絲刀 | ||
螺絲刀 | luósīdāo | |
1. n. screwdriver (tool) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
screwdriver | ||
1. 起子 | ||
Components | ||
螺丝 | ||
1. Simplified form of 螺絲 | ||
螺絲 | luósī | |
1. n. screw (construction accessory) | ||
豁口 的 螺絲 - stripped screw | ||
螺 | luó | |
1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸) | ||
2. whorl; swirl; spiral | ||
3. fingerprint whorls | ||
4. (organic chemistry) spiro- | ||
螺內酯 - spironolactone | ||
5. (transgender slang) Short for 螺內酯, spironolactone; spiro | ||
6. (historical) wine cup made from a snail shell | ||
7. (historical) ink; pigment (green-black in color, produced from the snail, and used by women for drawing eyebrows) | ||
8. Short for 螺髻, hair done up in a coil shape | ||
丝 | ||
1. Simplified form of 絲 | ||
絲 | sī | |
1. silk | ||
2. items made from woven silk | ||
3. silk-like object; fine thread; thin strip; thin shred | ||
4. (music) string instrument | ||
絲竹 - string and wind instruments; music | ||
一 絲 希望 - a glimmer of hope - | ||
一 絲 風 都 沒有 - There is not even a breath of wind. - | ||
5. (Buddhism, obsolete) the number 10 | ||
刀 | dāo | |
1. knife; blade | ||
2. single-edged sword; cutlass | ||
3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price | ||
4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people) | ||
刀 世-勛 - Dao Shixun | ||
5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar | ||
6. Variant of 刁 | ||
刁 | diāo | |
1. (literary, or in compounds) treacherous; crafty; deceitful | ||
2. (literary) to tempt | ||
3. (literary) unkind | ||
4. (literary) stammering | ||
5. (literary) picky about food | ||
6. (literary) to wring | ||
7. (literary) to inveigle | ||
8. (literary) ear of grains | ||
9. (literary) to make (time) | ||
10. Variant of 凋 | ||
11. Variant of 碉 | ||
12. Variant of 雕 | ||
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luó sī dāo
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