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  *指* | 指* | *指
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
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
the five fingers of one's hand
to refer in particular to
stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
thumb / big toe
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
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)
thumb / big toe
to count on one's fingers
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
little finger
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)
(fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc)
to mean / to signify
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
to mean / to imply
index finger
NASDAQ / National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
index finger
a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
thumb
to give a thumbs-up / to express one's approval
variant of 扳指
pitch-dark (idiom)
index finger
futures index (abbr. for 期貨指數|期货指数)
Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)
fat finger error (finance)
ring finger
to give a thumbs-up
to be accused of; to be alleged to
to give the middle finger
to refer to / metaphor
erroneous variant of 拇指
especially / particularly
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
to give the middle finger
brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
variant of 腳趾|脚趾
self-reference
big toe


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