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finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
HSK 3
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
to guide; to direct; to instruct / coach; trainer
HSK 3
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
fingernail
HSK 5
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
middle finger
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
to mean / to imply
the objects indicated / as pointed out
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
the five fingers of one's hand
to refer to / to be used in place of
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
especially / particularly
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
compass
HSK 7-9
to mean / to signify
coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
indicator
command center
to refer to / metaphor
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
in a flash (idiom)
technical instructor / coach
to count on one's fingers
to criticize
fingernail
nail polish
to count on one's fingers
a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Composite Index
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
little finger
thumb / big toe
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
thumb
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数
Financial Times stock exchange index (FTSE 100 or footsie)
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
to show sb how to get to the right path
pitch-dark (idiom)
fidget spinner
PLA commanders and fighters
sexual orientation
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
key performance indicator (KPI)
fingertip / finger
self-reference
indicator
index finger
index fund
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
to testify / to give evidence
knuckle
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
(computing) instruction set
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
futures index (abbr. for 期貨指數|期货指数)
duodenum
to mention by name / to designate / designated
adviser / advising professor
determination of cadastral parcel boundaries
compass
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action
(music) conductor
ring finger
Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index)
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
(finger) ring
point-and-translate (computing)
(medicine) digital examination (of a patient's rectum, vagina etc)
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
big toe
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
Dow Jones Industrial Average
to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
finger pad
USB flash drive
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye

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