线 索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) 穿 to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread 运 作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) 线 程 xiàn chéng (computing) thread 丝 线 sī xiàn thread / silk yarn 话 头 huà tóu subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument) 边 儿 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 细 线 xì xiàn string / thread 线 thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) 丝 silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc 绪 beginnings / clues / mental state / thread 缕 lu:3 strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) 纫 to string / to thread (needle) 纴 to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 端 绪 duān xù start and development / thread (of a story) / general outline / clue 头 路 tóu lù clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class 执 行 绪 zhí xíng xù (Tw) (computing) thread 楼 上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 置 顶 zhì dǐng to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc) 贯 穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link 底 线 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant 主 线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 贯 通 guàn tōng to link up / to thread together 螺 纹 luó wén spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw 一 丝 不 挂 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit 一 丝 不 苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place 蛛 丝 马 迹 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue 千 钧 一 发 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death 一 丝 一 毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota 热 帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum) 话 锋 huà fēng topic under discussion / thread of discussion 针 线 zhēn xiàn needle and thread / needlework 穿 针 引 线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn lit. to thread a needle (idiom) / fig. to act as a go-between 棉 线 mián xiàn cotton thread / yarn cotton 缝 线 féng xiàn sewing thread / suture 绒 线 róng xiàn wool / woolen thread 发 菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss 段 paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc 不 绝 如 缕 bù jué rú lu:3 hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly 纬 纱 wěi shā woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft 股 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 线 轴 xiàn zhóu thread spool 顶 apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc 钻 to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain 纬 latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft 绷 to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / embroidery hoop / woven bed mat 纶 to classify / to twist silk / silk thread 黻 (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread 纑 hempen thread / to dress hemp 风 中 之 烛 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 紝 thread used for weaving 引 线 穿 针 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn a pull-through to thread a needle / fig. to act as go-between 絍 to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving 穿 针 走 线 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn to thread a needle 丝 缕 sī lu:3 silk thread 经 纱 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving) 缕 息 仅 存 lu:3 xī jǐn cún one's life hangs by a thread (idiom) 纤 瘦 xiān shòu slender / slim as a thread 语 锋 yǔ fēng thread of discussion / topic 轴 丝 zhóu sī axoneme (long thread of nerve cell) 针 头 线 脑 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing 纱 支 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) / (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count) 一 股 子 yī gǔ zi a whiff of / a taint of / a thread of 风 中 烛 ， 瓦 上 霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 推 文 tuī wén tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board 单 丝 不 成 线 ， 独 木 不 成 林 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) 经 纬 密 度 jīng wěi mì dù (textiles) thread count 穿 针 chuān zhēn to thread a needle 盖 楼 gài lóu to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
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