高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 精致 精緻 jīng zhì delicate / fine / exquisite / refined syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 精密 jīng mì accuracy / exact / precise / refined syn 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 文雅 wén yǎ elegant / refined syn 斯文 sī wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle syn 雅丽 雅麗 yǎ lì elegant / refined beauty 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 彬彬有礼 彬彬有禮 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ refined and courteous / urbane syn 典雅 diǎn yǎ refined / elegant 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 雅致 yǎ zhì elegant / refined / in good taste syn 白糖 bái táng (refined) white sugar 温文尔雅 溫文爾雅 wēn wén ěr yǎ cultured and refined (idiom) / gentle and cultivated syn 雅兴 雅興 yǎ xìng refined and elegant attitude of mind 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 精制 精製 jīng zhì refined syn 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 儒雅 rú yǎ scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous syn 精工 jīng gōng refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship) 文质彬彬 文質彬彬 wén zhì bīn bīn refined in manner / gentle syn 脱俗 脫俗 tuō sú free from vulgarity / refined / outstanding syn 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 雅人 yǎ rén poetic individual / person of refined temperament 娴静 嫻靜 xián jìng gentle and refined syn 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 雅号 雅號 yǎ hào refined appelation / (humor) sb's elegant monicker / (hon.) your esteemed name syn 成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil 清雅 qīng yǎ refined / elegant syn 精深 jīng shēn refined / profound syn 彬彬 bīn bīn refined, gentle, and elegant syn 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 精矿 精礦 jīng kuàng refined ore / concentrate 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 雅趣 yǎ qù elegant / refined / delicate and charming 俊雅 jùn yǎ (literary) elegant / graceful / refined syn 娴雅 嫻雅 xián yǎ refined / graceful / elegant / serene syn 文气 文氣 wén qì the impact of a piece of writing on the reader / gentle / refined 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 娴 嫻 xián elegant / refined / to be skilled at syn 骥 驥 jì thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous syn 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite syn 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 温雅 溫雅 wēn yǎ gentle / urbane / refined 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 博而不精 bó ér bù jīng extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none 雅人深致 雅人深緻 yǎ rén shēn zhì refined pleasure of poetic minds 风流蕴藉 風流蘊藉 fēng liú yùn jiè temperate and refined 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 雅歌 yǎ gē part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon 彬彬君子 bīn bīn jūn zǐ refined gentleman 彬蔚 bīn wèi erudite and refined 神妙隽美 神妙雋美 shén miào juàn měi outstanding and elegant / remarkable and refined 精米 jīng mǐ refined rice 精粮 精糧 jīng liáng refined grain (rice, wheat etc) 雅怀 雅懷 yǎ huái refined feelings / distinguished emotions 雅玩 yǎ wán elegant pastime / refined plaything 雅驯 雅馴 yǎ xùn refined (of writing) 隽敏 雋敏 juàn mǐn refined and smart 清玩 qīng wán a refined and elegant object for enjoyment / curio 雅事 yǎ shì refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc) syn 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 潟 xì saline land / salt marsh 酸式盐 酸式鹽 suān shì yán acid salt 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 斥卤 斥鹵 chì lǔ saline marsh / salt 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 石盐 石鹽 shí yán rock salt 镁盐 鎂鹽 měi yán magnesium salt 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 