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[抽絲剝繭] chōusībāojiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons
fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)

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        chōu, to draw out/to pull out from in between/to remove part of the whole/(of certain ...
        chōuyān, [抽煙], to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
        chōuti, [抽屜], drawer
        chōuchū, to take out/to extract
        chōujīn, cramp/charley horse/to pull a tendon
        chōukòng, to find the time to do sth
        chōuchù, to twitch
        chōuqiān, [抽籤], to perform divination with sticks/to draw lots/a ballot (in share dealing)
        chōushēn, to get away from/to withdraw/to free oneself
        chōuxiàng, abstract/abstraction/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        chōuxuè, to take blood/to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
        chōujiǎng, [抽獎], to draw a prize/a lottery/a raffle
        chōuqǔ, to extract/to remove/to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
        chōudǎ, to whip/to flog/to thrash
        chōudòng, [抽動], to twitch/to throb/a spasm/to extract and use
        chōuqì, to sob spasmodically
        
        chōuchá, random inspection/to do a spot check
        chōufēng, [抽風], to ventilate/to induce a draft/spasm/convulsion
        chōushuǐmǎtǒng, [抽水馬桶], flush toilet
        chōudiào, [抽調], to transfer (personnel or material)
        chōuyàng, [抽樣], sample/sampling
        chōusī, [抽絲], to spin silk
        
        chōushuǐjī, [抽水機], water pump
        chōutóu, [抽頭], to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling)/tap (in an electromagnetic co...
        chōuyē, to sob
        chōufēngjī, [抽風機], exhaust fan
        
        chōujiǎn, [抽檢], sampling/spot check/random test

        sī, [絲], silk/thread/trace/(cuisine) shreds or julienne strips/CL:條|条[tiáo]/classifier: a...
        fěnsī, [粉絲], bean vermicelli/mung bean starch noodles/Chinese vermicelli/cellophane noodles/C...
        
        sīháo, [絲毫], the slightest amount or degree/a bit
        sīchóu, [絲綢], silk cloth/silk
        
        
        luósī, [螺絲], screw
        Àilìsī, [愛麗絲], Alice (name)
        
        
        zhūsīmǎjì, [蛛絲馬跡], lit. spider's thread and horse track/tiny hints (of a secret)/traces/clue
        tiěsīwǎng, [鐵絲網], wire netting/CL:道[dào]
        
        
        sīdài, [絲帶], ribbon
        jīnsīquè, [金絲雀], canary
        bǎoxiǎnsī, [保險絲], fuse wire/(electrical) fuse
        luósīdāo, [螺絲刀], screwdriver/CL:把[bǎ]
        gāngsī, [鋼絲], steel wire/tightrope
        
        tiěsī, [鐵絲], iron wire/CL:根[gēn]
        
        yīsībùgǒu, [一絲不苟], not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules/meticulous/not one...
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        sīróng, [絲絨], velvet
        
        sījīn, [絲巾], headscarf/kerchief/silk neckband
        
        sīwà, [絲襪], stockings/pantyhose
        
        
        
        
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        zǒugāngsī, [走鋼絲], to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wénsībùdòng, [紋絲不動], to not move a single jot (idiom)
        
        sīguā, [絲瓜], luffa (loofah)
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        fàsī, [髮絲], hair (on the head)
        yīsīyīháo, [一絲一毫], one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit/an iota
        
        
        
        qiānsīwànlǚ, [千絲萬縷], linked in countless ways
        
        zhēnsī, [真絲], silk/pure silk
        
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        xuèsī, [血絲], wisps of blood/visible veins/(of eyes) bloodshot
        Àilìsī, [愛莉絲], Iris (name)
        yánsīhéfèng, [嚴絲合縫], to fit tightly (idiom)/to join seamlessly/to fit snugly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        chōusī, [抽絲], to spin silk
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sīwǎng, [絲網], silk screen/screen (printing)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qīngsī, [青絲], fine black hair/dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        tǔsī, [吐絲], (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
        
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        dēngsī, [燈絲], filament (in a lightbulb)
        cánsī, [蠶絲], natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
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        mósī, [摩絲], hair mousse (loanword)
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        luósīmào, [螺絲帽], nut (female component of nut and bolt)
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        tóngsī, [銅絲], copper wire
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        gāngsījù, [鋼絲鋸], jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
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        SīchóuzhīLù, [絲綢之路], the Silk Road
        
        
        
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        rénzàosī, [人造絲], rayon
        
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        jūnsī, [菌絲], mycelium/hypha
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        bāo/bō, [剝], to peel/to skin/to shell/to shuck, to peel/to skin/to flay/to shuck
        bōduó, [剝奪], to deprive/to expropriate/to strip (sb of his property)
        bōxuē, [剝削], to exploit/exploitation
        shēngtūnhuóbō, [生吞活剝], to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
        bōlí, [剝離], to peel/to strip/to peel off/to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
        bōluò, [剝落], to peel off
        bōxuēzhě, [剝削者], exploiter (of labor)
        pánbō, [盤剝], to exploit/to practice usury

        jiǎn, [繭]/[蠒], cocoon/callus, variant of 繭|茧[jiǎn]
        zuòjiǎnzìfù, [作繭自縛], to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisin...
        lǎojiǎn, [老繭], callus (patch or hardened skin)/corns (on feet)/also 老趼
        jiǎnzi, [繭子], callus (patch or hardened skin)/corns (on feet)/also 趼子

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