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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
pearls / jewels / precious stones
HSK 6
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰)
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
(of a woman) old and faded
sparkling with wit (idiom)
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Zhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 珠海 + 澳門|澳门)
one's eyes / eyeball
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
Buddhist prayer beads
Pearl River Delta
bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination / perfect pair
droplet / dewdrop
pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
pinball
Oriental Pearl Tower
Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 香港 + 珠海 + 澳門|澳门)
calculation using abacus
Zhushan, a district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
bearing ball
the brightest jewel in the crown
lottery machine
rosary / prayer beads
joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
bead
ovule
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
perlite
West Ujimqin banner or Baruun Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
beads of sweat
a marble (used in games)
pachinko machine
Pearl River Delta (PRD)
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
Pearl River (Guangdong)
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
pearl / bead / CL: , 顆|颗
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
(idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would
East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
undiscovered talent (idiom)
Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
mother-of-pearl
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
steel ball / bearing ball
dewdrop
teardrop; tear
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis
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
to get pregnant out of wedlock
fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
unrecognized talent
(idiom) every word is a gem
to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
(literary) pearl; gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom
(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
eyeball
pachinko
Cabernet Gernischt (grape type)
pearl / jewel (of great value)
pupil of the eye
rosary (Catholic prayer beads)
pearl gray
Banjul, capital of Gambia
(medicine) candidiasis / thrush
Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰) / Zhushan, district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence
Haizhu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong

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