灯丝
dēng sī
Pinyin

Definition

灯丝
 - 
dēng sī
  1. filament (in a lightbulb)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dēng
  1. 1 lamp
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 lantern
  4. 4 CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
dēng guāng
  1. 1 (stage) lighting
  2. 2 light
dēng lóng
  1. 1 lantern
fěn sī
  1. 1 bean vermicelli
  2. 2 mung bean starch noodles
  3. 3 Chinese vermicelli
  4. 4 cellophane noodles
  5. 5 CL:把[bǎ]
  6. 6 fan (loanword)
  7. 7 enthusiast for sb or sth
  1. 1 silk
  2. 2 thread
  3. 3 trace
  4. 4 (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  5. 5 CL:條|条[tiáo]
  6. 6 classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
bīng dēng
  1. 1 ice lantern
diào dēng
  1. 1 hanging lamp
bì dēng
  1. 1 wall lamp
  2. 2 bracket light
  3. 3 CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
shè dēng
  1. 1 spotlight
diǎo sī
  1. 1 loser (Internet slang)
huàn dēng piàn
  1. 1 slide (photography, presentation software)
  2. 2 filmstrip
  3. 3 transparency
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
Ài lì sī
  1. 1 Alice (name)
chōu sī
  1. 1 to spin silk
bá sī
  1. 1 wire drawing
  2. 2 candied floss (cooking)
  3. 3 spun sugar or toffee (coating)
tiǎo dēng
  1. 1 to light a lamp
  2. 2 to raise a lantern
tái dēng
  1. 1 desk lamp
  2. 2 table lamp
xī dēng
  1. 1 turn out the lights
  2. 2 lights out
dēng tǎ
  1. 1 lighthouse
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]

Idioms (15)

一丝一毫
yī sī yī háo
  1. 1 one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
  2. 2 an iota
一丝不挂
yī sī bù guà
  1. 1 not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
  2. 2 without a stitch of clothing
  3. 3 in one's birthday suit
一丝不苟
yī sī bù gǒu
  1. 1 not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
  2. 2 meticulous
  3. 3 not one hair out of place
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
  1. 1 to fit tightly (idiom)
  2. 2 to join seamlessly
  3. 3 to fit snugly
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment
病来如山倒,病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
纹丝不动
wén sī bù dòng
  1. 1 to not move a single jot (idiom)
丝毫不差
sī háo bù chā
  1. 1 accurate to perfection (idiom)
  2. 2 precise to the finest detail
藕断丝连
ǒu duàn sī lián
  1. 1 lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another

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