Results for “珠”
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
pearls / jewels / precious stones
one's eyes / eyeball
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
beads of sweat
bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
mother-of-pearl
fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
pearl gray
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
gems at the side (idiom) / flanked by genius
curtain of pearls / screen of beads
calculation using abacus
string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair
to get pregnant out of wedlock
gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet
(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion / your criticism will be most valuable
(of a woman) old and faded
Buddhist prayer beads
lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
bead
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
sparkling with wit (idiom)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
every word a gem (idiom) / magnificent writing
(idiom) every word is a gem
pachinko
a marble (used in games)
pachinko machine
pinball
(medicine) candidiasis / thrush
to dive for pearls
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi) / fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub