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"curtain of pearls" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads
Chinese Pinyin Translation
铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn
珠宝 珠寶 zhū bǎo pearls / jewels / precious stones
连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn
鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn
成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
珠圆玉润 珠圓玉潤 zhū yuán yù rùn lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing) syn
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc syn
对牛弹琴 對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head syn
买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom) syn
鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
皪 lì luster (of pearls)
璪 zǎo pendant of pearls on coronet
琀 hán gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
賏 yìng pearls or shells strung together
采珠 採珠 cǎi zhū to dive for pearls
玉露如珠 yù lù rú zhū jade dew like pearls (idiom)
玓瓅 dì lì brilliance of pearls
珠玉 zhū yù pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
瓅 lì brilliance (pearls)
鲛人 鮫人 jiāo rén fish-like person in Chinese folklore whose tears turn into pearls
黑珍珠 black pearls
玓𬍛 玓瓅 dì lì brilliance of pearls
𬍛 瓅 lì brilliance (pearls) / livermorium (chemistry) / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / (archaic) type of food vessel used in Funan 扶南[Fu2 nan2]
帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn
落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn
夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn
幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end
帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn
幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn
撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn
帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn
浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain
垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn
窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn
划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn
幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn
帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn
帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn
幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn
幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain
帷 wéi curtain / screen syn
幔 màn curtain syn
帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent
簾 lián curtain
帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn
裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet
幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen
幔子 màn zi curtain / veil
幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage
幙 mù curtain / screen
扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter
开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser
帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain
幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain
床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net
窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn
雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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