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Trad. 毛錐
- writing brush (old)
- Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
Trad. 孤沙錐
- (bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
Trad. 林沙錐
- (bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
Trad. 大沙錐
- (bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
Trad. 貧無立錐
- not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
Trad. 針尾沙錐
- (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Trad. 扇尾沙錐
- (bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Trad. 澳南沙錐
- (bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
Trad. 非洲錐蟲病
- sleeping sickness
- African trypanosomiasis
Trad. 貧無立錐之地
- not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
Trad. 頭懸梁,錐刺股
- lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
- fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
