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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
别	bié	to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (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 (as in 性别, 派别)
插入	chā rù	to insert; to stick in; to plug in
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"
插上	chā shang	to plug into / to insert / to stick in
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
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)
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
米尺	mǐ chǐ	meter stick; metric ruler one meter in length
折	shé	to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
软硬兼施	ruǎn yìng jiān shī	use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
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
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
探头	tàn tóu	to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc) / probe; sensor
鸵鸟政策	tuó niǎo zhèng cè	ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
霸王鞭	bà wáng biān	a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
泥古	nì gǔ	stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
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