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Radical 120 · 9 strokes

to twist (strands into a thread)

HSK 7 (3.0)7 meanings
MEANING7 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to twist (strands into a thread)

    • She twisted the thread into a rope.

  2. verb

    to entangle

    • The threads are tangled together.

  3. verb

    to wring

    • Please wring out the clothes.

  4. verb

    to hang (by the neck)

    • He was hanged to death.

  5. verb

    to turn

    • He wrung the towel once.

  6. verb

    to wind

    • She is wringing the towel.

  7. measure word

    classifier for skeins of yarn

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Twisted silk threads crossing each other and wringing together form a tightly bound rope.

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