端緒

端绪
duānxù
  1. start and development
  2. thread (of a story)
  3. general outline
  4. clue

CEDICT

  1. (literary) inkling; clue
  2. inkling; clue

Wiktionary

頭緒。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 端 duān
  1. (bound form) tip; end; extremity
  2. (bound form) aspect; facet
  3. (bound form) upright; proper
  4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
  5. to eliminate; to wipe out
=1 端 duān
  1. old variant of 端 duān
  2. start
  3. origin
2 緒 xù
  1. beginnings
  2. clues
  3. mental state
  4. thread

Related entries

執行緒 zhíxíngxù (Tw) (computing) thread
線 xiàn
  1. thread
  2. string
  3. wire
  4. line
  5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根

西線無戰事

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

Source: Tatoeba

線程 xiànchéng (computing) thread
細線 xìxiàn
  1. string
  2. thread
縷 lǚ
  1. strand
  2. thread
  3. detailed
  4. in detail
  5. classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
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