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絞
Mandarin: jiao3
Simplified: 绞
Definitions
  1. 1 to twist (strands into a thread)
  2. 2 to entangle
  3. 3 to wring
  4. 4 to hang (by the neck)
  5. 5 to turn
  6. 6 to wind
  7. 7 classifier for skeins of yarn
  8. 8 to winch
  9. 9 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 絞
大纜絞唔埋
Literally, a big rope cannot push it together, Metaphor relationship between two
心絞痛
angina
絞纜
stranded cable
絞死
to strangle; stranglulate; strangulation; to hang; to kill by hanging
絞刑
death by strangulation with a two man tourniquet (form of execution)
絞腸痧
(disease) a cholera
絞殺
Strangle; hang; garrotte
絞肉機
meat grinder
絞盡腦汁
rack/cudgel one's brains; beat my/your brains out
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