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jiān pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
树梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop
尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
旅顺港 shùn gǎng Lüshun port, on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 / in Lüshunkou district of Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning
鼻头 tóu tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
鼻尖 jiān tip of the nose
笔尖 jiān nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
心尖 xīn jiān bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
miǎo the limit / tip of branch
偏锋 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
舍本逐末 shě běn zhú to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
骨朵 duǒ club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
准头 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose
顶芽 dǐng terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
眉端 méi duān tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
对火 duì huǒ to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
垦丁 Kěn dīng Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2])
冰山一角 bīng shān jiǎo tip of the iceberg
尾梢 wěi shāo the tip / the end / the very end
走偏锋 zǒu piān fēng to write with the tip of the brush tilted / (fig.) to resort to devious means
眉角 méi jiǎo outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
秤砣虽小压千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
舌尖音 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
侧锋 fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
及锋而试 fēng ér shì lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak


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