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  *金* | 金* | *金
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force
golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary
HSK 7-9
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
Midas touch / golden touch
Golden Globe Award
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
Golden Cicada
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
flourishing period / golden age
silence is golden (idiom)
golden years (after the age of about 60)
lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)
golden yellow; golden
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
golden retriever
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
golden retriever (dog breed)
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o
golden / gold (color)
Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / informal name of Buddhist temple Rokuonji 鹿苑寺
Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
golden-bright and dazzling
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
golden ratio / golden section
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset
a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age
(bird species of China) golden-throated barbet (Psilopogon franklinii)
golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan
a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
(bird species of China) American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)
Golden Melody Awards
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower)
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM)
(bird species of China) golden-breasted fulvetta (Lioparus chrysotis)
(bird species of China) golden parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi)
(bird species of China) Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
(bird species of China) European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Golden Horde (ancient state)
golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face
golden British shorthair (cat)
(bird species of China) Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
golden pheasant
(bird species of China) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
(bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
a good chance / a golden opportunity
(bird species of China) Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o
(bird species of China) golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺 as Buddhist temple
golden colored / yellow red
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
(bird species of China) golden-fronted fulvetta (Schoeniparus variegaticeps)
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
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pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly
golden rule / key principle
glistening yellow; golden
most flourishing period / Golden Age
Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
golden age
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
(bird species of China) golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus)
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
(bird species of China) golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
blond fur; golden hair / (coll.) golden retriever
The Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th century
Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火長城|防火长城 as a component
Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
(bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)


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