"luster (of pearls)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
luster (of pearls)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
光彩 guāng cǎi luster / splendor / radiance / brilliance syn
光泽 光澤 guāng zé luster / gloss syn
色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster syn
黯然失色 數以萬計 àn rán shī sè to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
增光 zēng guāng to add luster / to add glory syn
瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) syn
减色 減色 jiǎn sè to fade / (fig.) to lose luster / (of an event etc) to be spoiled / (coinage) to become debased syn
pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn
yíng luster of gems
excellence / luster of gems syn
yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade
càn gem / luster of gem
cuǐ luster of gems
cuǒ luster of gems
jǐng luster of gem
lín luster of gem
目无光泽 目無光澤 mù wú guāng zé to have eyes without luster (idiom)
cuō luster of gems
打光 dǎ guāng (photography, filmmaking) to set up the lighting / to illuminate a scene / to polish / to buff / to give luster to (a surface, esp. stone, wood, metal etc)
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
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
zǎo pendant of pearls on coronet
hán gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
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
珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads
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 brilliance (pearls) / livermorium (chemistry) / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / (archaic) type of food vessel used in Funan 扶南[Fu2 nan2]
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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