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silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

silk / pure silk

filament (in a lightbulb)

hair mousse (loanword)

silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves

shredded coconut

(silver) of low purity / low grade

a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed

lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse

gossamer / hairspring

welding wire

amitosis

fuse wire

silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)

raw silk

shredded ginger

sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)

wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)

to grate (cheese, carrots etc); to shred

mitosis