珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl / gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase / pearl of wisdom 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 巴洛克 bā luò kè baroque (loanword) 巴罗克 巴羅克 bā luó kè baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword) 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (fig.) teardrop / tear syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 珠江 zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong) 珠三角 zhū sān jiǎo Pearl River Delta 珠子 zhū zi pearl / bead / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 珠江三角洲 zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD) 珍珠港 zhēn zhū gǎng Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn 璎珞 瓔珞 yīng luò jade or pearl necklace 火龙果 火龍果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 灵渠 靈渠 líng qú Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] to the Pearl River 珠江[Zhu1 jiang1] 薏苡 yì yǐ Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) / Chinese pearl barley 珠 zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 珥 ěr pearl or jade earring syn 珧 yáo mother-of-pearl 蠙 bīn pearl-oyster 探骊得珠 探驪得珠 tàn lí dé zhū 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 珠流璧转 珠流璧轉 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge 珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities syn 老蚌生珠 lǎo bàng shēng zhū lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age 璸 bīn (pearl) 无价珍珠 無價珍珠 wú jià zhēn zhū Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism) 玥 yuè pearl used in sacrifice 采珠人 採珠人 cǎi zhū rén The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才[Bi4 cai2] 智珠在握 zhì zhū zài wò lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence 东方明珠塔 東方明珠塔 dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ Oriental Pearl Tower 东方明珠电视塔 東方明珠電視塔 dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ Oriental Pearl Television Tower 泛珠江三角 fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong) 珍奶 zhēn nǎi abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶 珠母 zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl 珠流 zhū liú fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads 珠灰 zhū huī pearl gray 马氏珍珠贝 馬氏珍珠貝 mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi pearl oyster (genus Pinctada) 虎门 虎門 hǔ mén the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4] 珍珠母 zhēn zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM) 赛珍珠基金会 Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc., The 玭 pín pearl 𧏖 蠙 bīn pearl-oyster 珹 chéng a kind of jade / a kind of pearl 金句 jīn jù pearl of wisdom / quotable quote 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 摄 攝 shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 詹 zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach 诡 詭 guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn 