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Use the web-search plugin to select words or phrases and then right-click to search directly from Bing, Baidu, and other search engines.

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I. Applicable Scenarios#

  • Use Obsidian as the main text editor
  • Need to look up individual words or phrases during the writing process
  • Don't want to interrupt the workflow by opening a browser

II. Required Tools#

  • Obsidian.exe text editor
  • web-search plugin
  • Leave me a message if you encounter any issues with plugin download or installation

III. Settings#

  • Check the box to use mobile mode to reduce web ads
  • Add search engines
    • Check first, enter Bing Dictionary in the middle, and enter https://cn.bing.com/dict/search?q= at the end
    • Check first, enter Baidu Chinese in the middle, and enter https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd= at the end
    • This way, you have added Bing Dictionary and Baidu Chinese as two search engines

IV. Instructions#

  • Right-click after selecting text in Obsidian
  • Select Baidu Chinese or Bing Dictionary from the right-click menu and click
  • The search results will open in a new tab
  • You can drag this tab to the left or right sidebar and pin it
  • The tab will be automatically replaced when searching again
  • This plugin can replace some functions of the surfing plugin
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