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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钉* | 钉* | *钉
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
HSK 7-9
thumbtack
stud earring
rivet
screw
that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钉* | 钉* | *钉
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of
DingTalk, business communication platform developed by Alibaba
variant of 補丁|补丁
spike
screw
cramp
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
staple (stationery)
tongue ring / tongue piercing
a thorn in one's side
tack / thumbtack / push pin
hexagon socket head cap screw
button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
nose stud; nose piercing
peg
a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋, to whom the metaphor is attributed


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