金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) syn 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance / a golden opportunity 鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored / gaily-colored syn 霓裳 ní cháng nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] 彩带 彩帶 cǎi dài colored ribbon / streamer / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 彩绘 彩繪 cǎi huì painted / colored painted-on designs 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn 金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden syn 灰白 huī bái ash-colored syn 黄金分割 黃金分割 huáng jīn fēn gē golden ratio / golden section 金箍棒 jīn gū bàng golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] 金鸡 金雞 jīn jī golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) 色光 sè guāng colored light 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors / a variety of colors / multicolored / rainbow-colored 金灿灿 金燦燦 jīn càn càn golden-bright and dazzling syn 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 花花绿绿 花花綠綠 huā huā lǜ lǜ brightly colored / gaudy syn 琉璃 liú li colored glass / ceramic glaze 彩旗 cǎi qí colored flag 料器 liào qì glassware / colored glass household vessel 斑斓 斑斕 bān lán gorgeous / brightly colored / multicolored syn 烂漫 爛漫 làn màn unaffected / unpretentious / (literary) brightly colored / vibrant syn 花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) 张灯结彩 張燈結彩 zhāng dēng jié cǎi to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) 黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods 色斑 sè bān stain / colored patch / freckle / lentigo 金球奖 金球獎 jīn qiú jiǎng Golden Globe Award 金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 潘金莲 潘金蓮 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 金瓶梅 jīn píng méi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content 金曲奖 金曲獎 jīn qǔ jiǎng Golden Melody Awards 金三角 jīn sān jiǎo Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 方文山 fāng wén shān Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist 黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 花团锦簇 花糰錦簇 huā tuán jǐn cù brightly colored decorations (idiom) / splendid syn 金丝猴 金絲猴 jīn sī hóu golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) 金蝉 金蟬 jīn chán Golden Cicada 锆石 鋯石 gào shí zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4) 金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 金印 jīn yìn golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face 锦鸡 錦雞 jǐn jī golden pheasant 金狮奖 金獅獎 jīn shī jiǎng Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival 杀鸡取卵 殺雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 银 銀 yín silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency syn 斑 bān spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated syn 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 彪 biāo (literary) tiger stripes / (by extension) ornate and brightly colored / (by synecdoche) young tiger / (fig.) strong / stalwart / (old) classifier for troops 金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn 点金术 點金術 diǎn jīn shù Midas touch / golden touch 大红大绿 大紅大綠 dà hóng dà lǜ bright-colored / garish syn 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī golden age / heyday / period of peak prosperity 金毛犬 jīn máo quǎn golden retriever (dog breed) 金童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 金乌 金烏 jīn wū Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 黄粱梦 黃粱夢 huáng liáng mèng dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream syn 翚 翬 huī pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty syn 金鸡独立 金雞獨立 jīn jī dú lì golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg 经锦 經錦 jīng jǐn warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp 彩衣 cǎi yī colored clothes / motley attire 戴有色眼镜 戴有色眼鏡 dài yǒu sè yǎn jìng to wear colored glasses / to have a prejudiced viewpoint 斑谰 斑讕 bān lán brightly colored / gorgeous / multicolored 有色人种 有色人種 yǒu sè rén zhǒng colored races 玹 xuán jadelike precious stone / jade-colored 经丝彩色显花 經絲彩色顯花 jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp 纬锦 緯錦 wěi jǐn woof brocade / woven fabric with many-colored woof 花不棱登 花不稜登 huā bù léng dēng gaudy / repulsively colored 花彩 huā cǎi to festoon / to decorate with a row of colored garlands 彩色笔 彩色筆 cǎi sè bǐ colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker 色酒 shǎi jiǔ colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc) 彩练 彩練 cǎi liàn colored ribbon syn 水彩笔 水彩筆 shuǐ cǎi bǐ colored markers 戈尔登瓦利县 戈爾登瓦利縣 gē ěr dēng wǎ lì xiàn Golden 黄鹤楼 黃鶴樓 huáng hè lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi 金毛鼹科 金毛鼴科 jīn máo yǎn kē golden 金源时代购物中心 金源時代購物中心 jīn yuán shí dài gòu wù zhōng xīn Golden 金帐汗国 金帳汗國 jīn zhàng hán guó Golden Horde (ancient state) 鹿苑寺 lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺[Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple 三足乌 三足烏 sān zú wū three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o 三足金乌 三足金烏 sān zú jīn wū three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o 哈巴雪山 hā bā xuě shān Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan 康乾盛世 kāng qián shèng shì booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) 极盛时期 極盛時期 jí shèng shí qī most flourishing period / Golden Age 沉默是金 chén mò shì jīn silence is golden (idiom) 满城尽带黄金甲 滿城盡帶黃金甲 mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou 火眼金睛识真假 火眼金睛識真假 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng shí zhēn jiǎ fiery eyes and golden pupils can discern truth from falsehood (idiom) 金乌西坠，玉兔东升 金烏西墜，玉兔東昇 jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset 金熊奖 金熊獎 jīn xióng jiǎng Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival 