niǎn​zhēn

needle twirling; to twirl the needle

  • created sense approved 捻针/捻針 · niǎn​zhēn · needle twirling; to twirl the needle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捻针 / 捻針

    niǎn​zhēn

    needle twirling; to twirl the needle

    An acupuncture technique where the needle is rotated with the fingers to facilitate insertion, extraction, or stimulation

    捻 (literal) → 捻 · niǎn · to twist 针 (literal) → 针/針 · zhēn · acupuncture needle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense