"Sticks" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 pì dì the sticks / the boondocks
 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom) / utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together
 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
 chōu qiān to perform divination with sticks / to draw lots / a ballot (in share dealing)
 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
 gè zhí yī cí each sticks to his own version (idiom) / a dialogue of the deaf
 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
 gè chí jǐ jiàn each sticks to his own opinion (idiom) / chacun son gout
 zhī branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
 dìng (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks
 gè zhí jǐ jiàn each sticks to his own view (idiom) / a dialogue of the deaf
 gè zhí suǒ jiàn each sticks to his own view
 kōng wú suǒ yǒu having nothing (idiom) / utterly destitute / without two sticks to rub together
 zǎn xíng squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)
 zǎn zi sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)
 là tiáo spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat
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