蟠尾丝虫症 蟠尾絲蟲症 pán wěi sī chóng zhèng "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
hot and sour shredded potato
经丝彩色显花 經絲彩色顯花 jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā 1. warp brocade2. woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
永不生锈的螺丝钉 永不生鏽的螺絲釘 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷锋[léi fēng]
艾格尼丝·史沫特莱 艾格尼絲·史沫特萊 ài gé ní sī · shǐ mò tè lái Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
单丝不成线，独木不成林 單絲不成線，獨木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín (proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
(Tw) (loanword) mousse (cosmetic or hairstyling product)
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)