Results for: mus. instr., to polish jade or gold
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lit. to throw a brick to attract jade; fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)拋磚引玉 [pao1 zhuang1 yin3 yu4]
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; fig. a waste of precious material, casting pearls before swine鼎鐺玉石 [ding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2]
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; fig. a waste of precious material, casting pearls before swine鼎铛玉石 [ding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2]
Lit. wash out gold ─ to pan gold淘沙金
men of abilities fear nothing, Truth is ultimately louder than lies or slanders. True loyalty can stand the test of adversity. (Lit. Pure gold is not afraid of being heated.)真金不怕火
metal hardware (nuts and bolts), the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡五金 [wu3 jin1]
milling, to grind, to polish by grinding, to abrade, whetstone, pestle研磨 [yan2 mo2]
mine for gold採金 ,淘金
moment of time is an inch of gold一寸光陰一寸金
Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan玉龍雪山 [Yu4 long2 xue3 shan1]
Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan玉龙雪山 [Yu4 long2 xue3 shan1]
nail polish指甲油 [zhi3 jia3 you2]
name of one kind of jade玶 [ping2]
nephrite, Hetian jade和田玉 [He2 tian2 yu4]
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer, mathematician and polymath哥白尼 [ge1 bai2 ni2]
 

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