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枢shū
Trad. 樞
  • (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
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枢shū垣yuán
Trad. 樞垣
  • censorate
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枢shū机jī
Trad. 樞機
  • cardinal (Catholicism)
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枢shū纽nǐu
Trad. 樞紐
  • hub (e.g. of traffic network)
  • hinge
  • pivot
  • fulcrum
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枢shū轴zhóu
Trad. 樞軸
  • pivot; fulcrum
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要yào枢shū
Trad. 要樞
  • important hub; key position
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天tiān枢shū
Trad. 天樞
  • Dubhe; Alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
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中zhōng枢shū
Trad. 中樞
  • center; hub
  • the central administration
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枢shū密mì院yuàn
Trad. 樞密院
  • privy council
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灵líng枢shū经jīng
Trad. 靈樞經
  • Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
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枢shū机jī主zhǔ教jiào
Trad. 樞機主教
  • cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
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交jiāo通tōng枢shū纽nǐu
Trad. 交通樞紐
  • traffic hub
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户hù枢shū不bù蠹dù
Trad. 戶樞不蠹
  • lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
  • constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
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中zhōng枢shū神shén经jīng系xì统tǒng
Trad. 中樞神經系統
  • central nervous system, CNS
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流líu水shuǐ不bù腐fǔ，户hù枢shū不bù蠹dù
Trad. 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹
  • lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
  • fig. constant activity prevents decay
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