A compass needle points south.
罗盘的指针指向南方。
The needle pierced my finger.
针刺进了我的手指。
Mary tried to needle me into losing my temper.
玛丽想方设法惹我发脾气。
"You're sort of operating with a long knitting needle through a pivot point, so up is down and down is up," Hares said.
“You’re sort of operating with a long knitting needle through a pivot point, so up is down and down is up,” Hares said.
At Ankang Heng'an Toy Ltd, a company in the city of Ankang, the birthplace of toys in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Huang Longhua threads a needle deftly and sews the back of a stuffed bear in just one minute.
We've woven a better life with a small embroidery needle.
This is, therefore, an opportune moment to ask whether our brand-building has evolved into a successful business story, and take the necessary steps to move the needle in the right direction.
When I first took my British friend Isaebella Watson, 24, to an acupuncture clinic in Beijing, she was horrified when needles pierced her soft skin.
Lying on the clinic bed, she closed her eyes firmly as dozens of tiny needles were inserted across her arms and fingers.
"I tried to stay very still because I was afraid that even a small move would make the long needle heads rip through my muscles.
I spent many long hours counting the clock, waiting for the moment when the doctor would remove the needles.
"Most of our needles, hooks, accessories and much of our yarn, as well as fiber, comes from China.
The first vehicles under a "parallel import" plan in line with the latest national standards for emissions, cleared customs procedures in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone on Wednesday and will soon move the needle in the Chinese market.
The last shipment of 8,000 cars will arrive around June 21 and are expected to move the needle in the domestic market.
The last shipment of cars will arrive around June 21 and are expected to move the needle in the domestic market.