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ink (coloured fluid used for writing) noun [UK: ɪŋk] [US: ˈɪŋk] | 墨 /mò/noun 墨水 /mòshuǐ/noun |
ink (dark fluid ejected by squid etc) noun [UK: ɪŋk] [US: ˈɪŋk] | 墨汁 /mòzhī/noun 墨魚汁noun 墨鱼汁 /mòyúzhī/noun 烏賊墨汁noun |
inkbrush (brush used in Chinese calligraphy and painting) noun | 毛笔 /máobǐ/noun 毛筆noun |
inkhorn (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic) noun [UK: ˈɪŋkhɔːn] [US: ˈɪŋkhɔːn] | 文縐縐的noun 晦涩的 /huìsè de/noun 晦澀的noun |
inkhorn (small portable ink container) noun [UK: ˈɪŋkhɔːn] [US: ˈɪŋkhɔːn] | 墨水壶 /mòshuǐhú/noun 墨水壺noun |
inkjet printer (device that prints using droplets of ink) noun | 噴墨打印機noun |
inkling [inklings] (slight hint, implication, or suggestion given) noun [UK: ˈɪŋk.l̩.ɪŋ] [US: ˈɪŋk.l̩.ɪŋ] | 暗示 /ànshì/noun 端倪 /duānní/noun |
inkstick (cake of solid ink) noun | 墨 /mò/noun 墨条 /mòtiáo/noun 墨條noun |
inkstone (stone mortar) noun [UK: ˈɪŋkstəʊn] [US: ˈɪŋkstoʊn] | 砚 /yàn/noun 砚台 /yàntái/noun 硯noun 硯臺noun |
inkwell (container for ink) noun [UK: ˈɪŋ.kwel] [US: ˈɪŋ.kwel] | 墨水池 /mòshuǐchí/noun 墨水瓶 /mòshuǐpíng/noun |
in kind (in a reciprocal manner) adverb [UK: ɪn kaɪnd] [US: ɪn ˈkaɪnd] | 回敬adverb |
in kind (with goods or services) adverb [UK: ɪn kaɪnd] [US: ɪn ˈkaɪnd] | 以实物 /yǐ shíwù/adverb 以實物adverb |
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism) phrase | 一步下錯,滿盤皆輸phrase 一步下错,满盘皆输phrase 千里之堤,溃于蚁穴phrase 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴phrase |
binge drinking (consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol) noun [UK: bɪndʒ ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] [US: ˈbɪndʒ ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] | 酗酒 /xùjiǔ/noun |
blink [blinked, blinking, blinks] (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) verb [UK: blɪŋk] [US: ˈblɪŋk] | 眨 /zhǎ/verb 眨眼 /zhǎyǎn/verb |
blink of an eye (moment (a very short period of time)) noun | 眨眼 /zhǎyǎn/noun |