勤杂 勤雜 qín zá odd jobs / servant or army orderly doing odd jobs 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn 古里古怪 gǔ lǐ gǔ guài quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful syn 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces syn 奇偶 jī ǒu parity / odd and even 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 零 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither syn 觭 jī odd / one horn up and one horn down 名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable / rare / precious syn 珍稀 zhēn xī rare / precious and uncommon syn 难能可贵 難能可貴 nán néng kě guì rare and precious / valuable / remarkable syn 金玉 jīn yù gold and jade / precious syn 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 宝马香车 寶馬香車 bǎo mǎ xiāng chē precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom) / rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury 香车宝马 香車寶馬 xiāng chē bǎo mǎ magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom) / rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury 香轮宝骑 香輪寶騎 xiāng lún bǎo qí magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom) / rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury 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 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 三宝 三寶 sān bǎo the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order) 贵珊瑚 貴珊瑚 guì shān hú precious coral / red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 金衡 jīn héng troy weight, system of weights for precious metals and gemstones based on the 12-ounce pound (or 5,760 grains) 锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) 奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn 奇异 奇異 qí yì fantastic / bizarre / odd / exotic / astonished syn 单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 离奇 離奇 lí qí odd / bizarre syn 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd / queer / strange / fishy syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 打杂 打雜 dǎ zá to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work syn 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 奇数 奇數 jī shù odd number syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 零头 零頭 líng tóu odd / scrap / remainder syn 官差 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men 真怪 zhēn guài odd / unusual / I can't believe that ... 奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument 杂务 雜務 zá wù odd jobs / miscellaneous tasks 零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn 杂役 雜役 zá yì odd jobs / part-time worker syn 奇士 qí shì odd person / an eccentric 怪里怪气 怪里怪氣 guài lǐ guài qì eccentric / odd-looking / peculiar syn 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 奇 jī odd (number) syn 奇 qí strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually syn 勤务员 勤務員 qín wù yuán odd job man / army orderly syn 奇偶性 jī ǒu xìng parity (odd or even) 畸 jī lopsided / unbalanced / abnormal / irregular / odd fractional remnant syn 零零星星 líng líng xīng xīng odd / piecemeal / fragmentary syn 奇函数 奇函數 jī hán shù odd function (math.) 奇蹄目 jī tí mù Perissodactyla / order of odd-toed ungulate (including horse, tapir, rhinoceros) 奇蹄类 奇蹄類 jī tí lèi Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc) 尾子 wěi zi tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number syn 怪样 怪樣 guài yàng odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 畸零 jī líng fractional part of a real number / odd fractional remnant / lone person / solitary 莫名奇妙 mò míng qí miào odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie) 跟包 gēn bāo to work as footman / to do odd jobs / to understudy (an opera actor) 单号 單號 dān hào odd number (on a ticket, house etc) 杂活 雜活 zá huó odd jobs 怪腔怪调 怪腔怪調 guài qiāng guài diào strange accent / odd manner of speaking or singing 神神道道 shén shen dào dào odd / weird / abnormal 打杂的 打雜的 dǎ zá de odd-jobs worker 宝贵 寶貴 bǎo guì valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by syn 珍贵 珍貴 zhēn guì precious syn 宝马 寶馬 bǎo mǎ precious horse 珠宝 珠寶 zhū bǎo pearls / jewels / precious stones 宝石 寶石 bǎo shí precious stone / gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1] 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 贵重 貴重 guì zhòng precious syn 宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade / treasures syn 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! syn 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece / collector's item / precious object 贵金属 貴金屬 guì jīn shǔ precious metal 至宝 至寶 zhì bǎo most valuable treasure / most precious asset syn 如获至宝 如獲至寶 rú huò zhì bǎo as if gaining the most precious treasure syn 大器 dà qì very capable person / precious object syn 美石 měi shí precious stone / jewel 宝 寶 bǎo jewel / gem / treasure / precious syn 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 琛 chēn precious stone / gem syn 玮 瑋 wěi (reddish jade) / precious / rare syn 祎 禕 yī excellent / precious / rare / fine / (used in given names) 一寸光阴一寸金 一寸光陰一寸金 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn (saying) time is precious 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 礐 hú (arch.) precious stone 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite syn 罗布林卡 羅布林卡 luó bù lín kǎ Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 禕 yī excellent / precious / rare 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious 宝货 寶貨 bǎo huò precious object / treasure 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. 玹 xuán jadelike precious stone / jade-colored 瑰奇 guī qí magnificent / precious 