針 zhēn

needle; pin; tack; acupuncture

DEFINITIONS

  • needle
  • pin
  • tack
  • acupuncture
  • needle
  • pin
  • injection
  • stitch
  • CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
  • variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

WORDS

一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head
二百方針 èr bǎi fāng zhēn see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1]
做針線 zuò zhēn xiàn to do needlework
八字方針 bā zì fāng zhēn the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"; a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock)
別針 bié zhēn pin; safety pin; clip; brooch; CL:枚[mei2]
反時針 fǎn shí zhēn counterclockwise
只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn ， tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently
唱針 chàng zhēn stylus (gramophone needle)
回形針 huí xíng zhēn paper clip
大政方針 dà zhèng fāng zhēn major policy of the national government
大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
如坐針氈 rú zuò zhēn zhān lit. as if sitting on pins and needles; fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
定海神針 dìng hǎi shén zhēn another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4]; (fig.) stabilizing force
定風針 dìng fēng zhēn wind vane; anemometer; weathercock
引線穿針 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn a pull-through to thread a needle; fig. to act as go-between
強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot; fig. a shot in the arm
扎針 zhā zhēn to give or have an acupuncture treatment
打吊針 dǎ diào zhēn to put sb on an intravenous drip
打針 dǎ zhēn to give or have an injection
指北針 zhǐ běi zhēn compass
指南針 zhǐ nán zhēn compass
指針 zhǐ zhēn pointer on a gauge; clock hand; cursor; (computing) pointer
探針 tàn zhēn probe
撞針 zhuàng zhēn firing pin
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