"Strand" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yī chuàn strand
 hé tān river bank / strand
 lu:3 strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
 máo gēn a strand of hair / pipe cleaner
线 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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