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
丝
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幺
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一
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Socrates locked himself out of the space station! To call the other astronauts for help, he attaches some silk cloth to a flute and waves it like a flag.
绒
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戎
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纟
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Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) wants to kill all the silk worms (纟) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to make a velvet (绒) vest for herself. She will need a lot of worms, so she prepared a whole firearm locker full of guns (戎) for her task.