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青絲

简青丝 · 繁青絲

Mandarin · pinyin qīng sī

fine black hair
dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)

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青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
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丝: sī · silk; fine thread; wire; strings

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1–1 · qing1 si1

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ceng1 si1

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noun

(literary) green silk thread or string
(literary) reins for a horse
(literary, figurative) fine black hair (especially of a female) (Classifier: 縷／缕)
(literary, figurative, metonymic) girl in the prime of her youth
(literary) string of a stringed instrument
(literary, figurative) willow branches or the vines of other plants
(literary, figurative) garlic chive sprouts
shredded green plums

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