埋线
mái xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

埋线
 - 
mái xiàn
  1. sunken cord (used in bookbinding)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

埋
mái
  1. 1 to bury
埋伏
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
埋怨
mán yuàn
  1. 1 to complain
  2. 2 to grumble (about)
  3. 3 to reproach
  4. 4 to blame
埋没
mái mò
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to bury
  3. 3 to overlook
  4. 4 to stifle
  5. 5 to neglect
  6. 6 to fall into oblivion
埋葬
mái zàng
  1. 1 to bury
埋藏
mái cáng
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 to hide by burying
  3. 3 hidden
埋头
mái tóu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in
  2. 2 engrossed in sth
  3. 3 to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
  4. 4 countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
埋名
mái míng
  1. 1 to conceal one's identity
  2. 2 to live incognito
埋单
mái dān
  1. 1 to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
  2. 2 (fig.) to bear responsibility
埋天怨地
mán tiān yuàn dì
  1. 1 lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth
  2. 2 fig. to rave and rant
埋汰
mái tai
  1. 1 (dialect) dirty
  2. 2 to mock sb
埋线
mái xiàn
  1. 1 sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
埋设
mái shè
  1. 1 to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground
埋首
mái shǒu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
掩埋
yǎn mái
  1. 1 to bury
活埋
huó mái
  1. 1 to bury alive

Idioms (2)

埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
葬玉埋香
zàng yù mái xiāng
  1. 1 lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person

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