qiān sī
[Definition]
1. To wear a ribbon. It's called being an official. 2. Zhang Jiazhen, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, wanted to accept Guo Yuanzhen as his son-in-law, so he ordered his five daughters to each hold a red silk thread behind the curtain, exposing the thread ends, and asked Guo to hold one of them. 3. Just like a rope. 4. That is the silk-pulling play. 5. Calligraphy terminology. It refers to the traces of brush strokes that are clearly visible between two paintings.
[Example sentence]
She spoke eloquently, in a steady stream, with clear articulation and clear veins, just like pulling a thread. Lead the audience to perseverance.
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