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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
HSK 3
to guide; to direct; to instruct / coach; trainer
HSK 3
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
fingernail
HSK 5
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
(numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
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
compass
HSK 7-9
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
(finger) ring
the five fingers of one's hand
to refer in particular to
to assign / to appoint / assignment
duodenum
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数
fingertips
to identify
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
to give directions
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
thumb / big toe
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
little finger / pinkie
to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
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
middle finger
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
Dow Jones Industrial Average (abbr. for 道瓊斯指數|道琼斯指数)
PLA commanders and fighters
fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
thumb / big toe
to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
variant of 了如指掌
to incite / to prompt (sb to do sth)
to mention by name / to designate / designated
to count on one's fingers
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
little finger
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy
compass
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
designation / reference / to refer to
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
to criticize
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
to denounce / to censure / to rebuke
hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged / in a towering rage
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms
guide; handbook
(fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc)
to mean / to signify
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture
the objects indicated / as pointed out
circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
USB flash drive
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
fingering (sexual act)
nail polish
to mean / to imply
index finger
manicure
NASDAQ / National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
Wuzhishan City, Hainan
index finger
fingerboard (of a guitar or violin etc)
index fund
to finger-rape; digital rape
headquarters / command post
(computing) instruction set
nail clipper

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