银针 (銀針)
yín zhēn
Pinyin
Definition
银针 (銀針)
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- silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
一针见血
- 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
- 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
- 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- 3 to study diligently
大海捞针
- 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
- 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
此地无银三百两
- 1 lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
磨杵成针
- 1 to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- 2 to study diligently