"Hem" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment)
 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
 yī fú fèng biān hem
 juǎn biān to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)
 qún bǎi hem (of a skirt)
 bāo wéi to surround / to encircle / to hem in
 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
 xià bǎi hem of a skirt / shirt tail
 zhī zhī wú wú to hem and haw / to stall / to stammer / to mumble / to falter
 wéi dǔ to blockade / to surround / to hem in
 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
 qiān to seize / to pull / to hold up the hem of clothes
 qiāo hem with invisible stitches
 hēng r hā r to hem and haw (loanword)
 qiān variant of 褰, to hold up the hem of clothes / to lift up the skirts
 liáo biān r to stitch a hem
 bāo jiā to surround / to hem in / (sports) double-teaming
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