to unravel or unreel silk

  • created sense approved 绎/繹 · yì · to draw silk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    to draw silk

    (literary) to draw out a thread of silk; to unravel

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  • created sense approved 绎/繹 · yì · continuous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    continuous

    (bound form) continuous; uninterrupted; used in [[络绎不绝|絡繹不絕|luo4 yi4 bu4 jue2]] to describe a constant stream of people or traffic

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  • created sense approved 绎/繹 · yì · to deduce — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    to deduce

    (bound form) to sort out; to deduce or interpret meanings or logic, as in [[演绎|演繹|yan3 yi4]]

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