綴
zhuì

patch together

缀 (綴) zhuì
compose verb
to arrange words or sentences into a literary work

他擅长缀文，笔下辞藻华丽。

tā shàn​cháng zhuì wén, bǐ xià cí​zǎo huá​lì.

He is skilled at writing, and his prose is very ornate.

connect verb
to link, combine, or join separate parts together

他把这些零散的线索连缀起来，终于发现了真相。

tā bǎ zhè​xiē líng​sǎn de xiàn​suǒ lián zhuì qi​lai, zhōng​yú fā​xiàn le zhēn​xiàng.

He pieced together these scattered clues and finally discovered the truth.

embellish verb
to decorate or ornament something by adding details

夜空中缀满了闪烁的繁星。

yè​kōng zhōng zhuì mǎn le shǎn​shuò de fán​xīng.

The night sky was studded with twinkling stars.

sew verb
to sew or stitch pieces of material together

她在旧衣服上缝缀了几块补丁。

tā zài jiù yī​fu shàng féng​zhuì le jǐ kuài bǔ​ding.

She sewed several patches onto the old clothes.

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,002nd most common 9.75 per million
Movie subtitles
3,389th most common 1.77 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.920 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.37 per million

Details
Simplified
缀
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+7DB4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)