丝 绸 sī chóu silk cloth / silk 真 丝 zhēn sī silk / pure silk 绸 子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] 丝 silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc 币 money / coins / currency / silk 绸 (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3] 帛 silk 紬 silk 䌷 silk 丝 路 Sī Lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 未 雨 绸 缪 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day 丝 网 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 丝 绸 之 路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road 丝 巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband 绸 缎 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric 丝 线 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) 蚕 丝 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) 阳 关 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 花 红 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) 织 锦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 绮 罗 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress 八 音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 河 西 走 廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 浣 纱 huàn shā to wash silk 抽 丝 chōu sī to spin silk 纺 丝 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 吐 丝 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk 化 干 戈 为 玉 帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship 丝 织 品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon 布 帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles 生 丝 shēng sī raw silk 绵 里 藏 针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove 缟 素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress 素 raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever 缂 丝 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 笔 套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) 竹 帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) 练 to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk 伞 damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3] 绢 thin, tough silk fabric 纺 to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric 绎 continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old) 绫 damask / thin silk 纂 (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] 纶 to classify / to twist silk / silk thread 绮 beautiful / open-work silk 绯 dark red / purple silk 缥 (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 缫 to reel silk from cocoons 绌 crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch 缙 red silk 缦 plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 纰 error / carelessness / spoiled silk 缟 plain white silk 缁 Buddhists / black silk / dark 纨 white / white silk 繻 fine silk 缯 silk fabrics 缇 orange-red silk / orange-red colored 缣 thick waterproof silk 绡 raw silk 縠 fine silk gauze 絁 rough, indelicate silk 綎 silk braided cord 缲 to reel silk from cocoons 贉 pay an advance / silk book cover 纴 to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 絓 type of coarse silk / bag used to wrap silk before washing 綅 red silk crest of helmet 緅 purple silk 抽 丝 剥 茧 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons / fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) 絍 to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving 絣 Ikat, a type of woven silk / Kasuri 马 可 波 罗 Mǎ kě Bō luó Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) 糸 fine silk / Kangxi radical 120 楼 兰 Lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1] 布 帛 菽 粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities 厂 丝 chǎng sī filature silk 紞 silk fringe of a coronet 湅 to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it) 綪 dark red color (of silk product) 縃 fine silk 纚 silk headband / Taiwan pr. [shi3] 乃 堆 拉 Nǎi duī lā Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim) 乃 堆 拉 山 口 Nǎi duī lā shān kǒu Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim) 帛 画 bó huà painting on silk 李 希 霍 芬 Lǐ xī huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 柘 丝 zhè sī silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves 梅 萨 林 méi sà lín muslin or mousseline silk fabric 熟 丝 shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) 犁 靬 Lí jiān Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire 玉 门 关 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu 病 来 如 山 倒 ， 病 去 如 抽 丝 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly 丝 绸 古 路 Sī chóu Gǔ lù the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 丝 绸 织 物 sī chóu zhī wù silk fabric 丝 绵 sī mián silk floss / down 丝 缕 sī lu:3 silk thread 丝 织 物 sī zhī wù woven silk fabric 绮 绣 qǐ xiù silk material with grained pattern 绵 子 mián zi (dial.) silk floss
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