頭緒

頭緒

1. clue; inkling

   這個問題我也一直在想，但現在還沒理出一個頭緒來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个问题我也一直在想，但现在还没理出一个头绪来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge wèntí wǒ yě yīzhí zài xiǎng, dàn xiànzài hái méi lǐ chū yī ge tóuxù lái. [Pinyin]

   I've been thinking about this problem too, but I haven't figured it out yet.

2. order; sequence
3. (literary, figurative) state of mind; thoughts

   • 心如繅絲綸，輾轉多頭緒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     心如缫丝纶，辗转多头绪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 鮑溶, 《秋懷》五首之二

     Xīn rú sāo sīlún, zhǎnzhuǎn duō tóuxù. [Pinyin]

     My heart is like reeling silk from a cocoon, tossing and turning with many thoughts.

   • 荊州麥熟繭成蛾，繰絲憶君頭緒多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荆州麦熟茧成蛾，缲丝忆君头绪多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 李白, 《荊州歌》

     Jīngzhōu mài shú jiǎn chéng é, sāosī yì jūn tóuxù duō. [Pinyin]

     In Jingzhou, when the wheat is ripe, when the silkworm cocoons become moths, I was spinning silk and thinking of you, and my thoughts were many.

   • 身如病鶴翅翎短，心似亂絲頭緒多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     身如病鹤翅翎短，心似乱丝头绪多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Song dynasty, 黃庭堅, 《次韻王稚川客舍》二首之二

     Shēn rú bìng hè chìlíng duǎn, xīn sì luàn sī tóuxù duō. [Pinyin]

     My body is as an ill crane with short wings; my heart is like jumbled silk, full of thoughts.

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