珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (fig.) teardrop / tear syn 珠子 zhū zi pearl / bead / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 不规则 不規則 bù guī zé irregular syn 珍珠港 zhēn zhū gǎng Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) 非正常 fēi zhèng cháng abnormal / irregular 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 无序 無序 wú xù disorderly / irregular / lack of order 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 参差不齐 參差不齊 cēn cī bù qí (idiom) variable / uneven / irregular syn 珠江 zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong) 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 错落 錯落 cuò luò strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven syn 珠三角 zhū sān jiǎo Pearl River Delta 不规范 不規範 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 珠江三角洲 zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD) 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea 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 湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 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 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal syn 珠 zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 畸 jī lopsided / unbalanced / abnormal / irregular / odd fractional remnant syn 珥 ěr pearl or jade earring syn 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 薏苡 yì yǐ Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) / Chinese pearl barley 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] 珧 yáo mother-of-pearl 珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn 蠙 bīn pearl-oyster 参差错落 參差錯落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess 错落不齐 錯落不齊 cuò luò bù qí disorderly and uneven (idiom) / irregular and disorderly 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 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 珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl / gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase / pearl of wisdom 儳 chàn irregular / mixed 媮 tōu improper / irregular 不规则四边形 不規則四邊形 bù guī zé sì biān xíng irregular quadrilateral / trapezium 散座 sǎn zuò single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 散座儿 散座兒 sǎn zuò r erhua variant of 散座[san3 zuo4] / single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 湘勇 xiāng yǒng Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 非规整 非規整 fēi guī zhěng irregular / disordered 不规则星系 不規則星系 bù guī zé xīng xì irregular galaxy 非正常移动工作组 非正常移動工作組 Working Group on Irregular Movements 不规则的叁角网 不規則的三角網 triangular irregular network 不规则地形 不規則地形 jagged topography / irregular topography 非正常移徙者 irregular migrant 非正常移民 irregular migrant 非正常移徙 irregular migration 过劳肥 過勞肥 guò láo féi overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest) 不月 bù yuè amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation 疙瘩汤 疙瘩湯 gē da tāng dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth) 杂牌军 雜牌軍 zá pái jūn miscellaneous troops / irregular troops / troops of varied allegiances / uncertified staff 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 