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别	bié	to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别)
插	chā	to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose
签	qiān	inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
症结	zhēng jié	hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
粘贴	zhān tiē	to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏贴
折	shé	to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
铉	xuàn	stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
插入	chā rù	to insert; to stick in; to plug in
扦	qiān	short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
风雨同舟	fēng yǔ tóng zhōu	lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
见缝插针	jiàn fèng chā zhēn	lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
棒喝	bàng hè	practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
里出外进	lǐ chū wài jìn	uneven / in disorder / everything sticking out
插进	chā jìn	to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
插上	chā shang	to plug into / to insert / to stick in
头香	tóu xiāng	the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
泥古	nì gǔ	stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
鸵鸟政策	tuó niǎo zhèng cè	ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
住海边	zhù hǎi biān	(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴	yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn	lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it