"pearl-oyster" Chinese-English Dictionary

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bīn pearl-oyster
𧏖 bīn pearl-oyster
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (fig.) teardrop / tear syn
掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn
杏鲍菇 杏鮑菇 xìng bào gū king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
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
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
牡蛎 牡蠣 mǔ lì oyster syn
璎珞 瓔珞 yīng luò jade or pearl necklace
蚝油 蠔油 háo yóu oyster sauce
平菇 píng gū oyster mushroom
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
zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn
(literary) baroque pearl / irregular pearl
yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific
ěr pearl or jade earring syn
oyster
háo oyster
é (Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
yáo mother-of-pearl
jié oyster
háo oyster
珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair 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
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
蛎黄 蠣黃 lì huáng the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat
马氏珍珠贝 馬氏珍珠貝 mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl / gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase / pearl of wisdom
着床 著床 zhuó chuáng to lie down on a bed / (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus) / (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate / (fig.) to take root / to become established
豪油 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油
蚵仔煎 é zǐ jiān (Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])
牡蛎果 牡蠣果 mǔ lì guǒ oyster nut
牡蛎养殖 牡蠣養殖 ostreiculture / oyster farming
海蛎 海蠣 hǎi lì oyster
海蛎子 海蠣子 hǎi lì zi oyster syn
蚵仔 é zi oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á])
蚝豉 蠔豉 háo chǐ dried oyster meat
生蚝 生蠔 shēng háo raw oyster
bīn (pearl)
无价珍珠 無價珍珠 wú jià zhēn zhū Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
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
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
pín pearl
chéng a kind of jade / a kind of pearl
金句 jīn jù pearl of wisdom / quotable quote
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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