针

needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

ten / 10

Character component without intrinsic meaning

pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:枚[mei2]

lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

paper clip

minute hand (of a clock)

stylus (gramophone needle)

counterclockwise

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / 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 / to study diligently

the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve" / a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan

a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"

major policy of the national government

to do needlework

see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1]

another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4] / (fig.) stabilizing force

wind vane / anemometer / weathercock

a pull-through to thread a needle / fig. to act as go-between

paper clip

refers to 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] with its slogan 百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣

(vaccine) booster shot