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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *错* | 错* | *错
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 1
silver medal / CL:
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *银* | 银* | *银
silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
silver-plated
silver (color)
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
Silver Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
gold and silver
silver coin
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
silver chloride AgCL
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镀* | 镀* | *镀
to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated
silver
platinum / silver / white gold / (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan
silver (as currency)
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐
television / TV screen / the silver screen
silver white
eloquent and cunning / silver tongued
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
silver medal
silver ingot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钿* | 钿* | *钿
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
made of silver
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
silver money (in former times)
radiance / silver white sheen
silver carp
to reveal one's valuables inadvertently / to betray one's silver (money) when traveling
silver cup (trophy)
silver swallow / airplane (affectionate)
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锭* | 锭* | *锭
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
shiny bright as silver
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
(bird species of China) silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
silver medal
silver foil
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鲋* | 鲋* | *鲋
silver carp
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹇* | 鹇* | *鹇
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
(gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine
silver standard (monetary system)
silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
made of silver
silver British shorthair (cat)
silver plate / galactic disc
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
silver leaf
the silver point / the melting point of silver 962°C used as a calibration point in some temperature scales
silver bar
silver nitrate
(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
field of blood / battlefield / hateful place / Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
silver iodide
silver fir (Abies alba)
Ginkaku-ji or Silver Pavilion in Kyoto 京都, Japan, officially called Jishōji 慈照寺
Silver Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
silver halide (usually chloride) used to fix photos
Jishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion 銀閣寺|银阁寺
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
(silver) of low purity / low grade
silver standard (monetary system)
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
to take silver / to come second in a competition
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
fine silver
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯
gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf
the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar
money / silver
silver glitter
silver bottle
silver birch / white poplar
(in former times) banknote with a value in silver
the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
(bird species of China) silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma)
(bird species of China) silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
(bird species of China) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
moss silver / silver in the form of fibers or branches
silver hair; gray hair
to plate (with gold, silver etc)
glaze ice; verglas; silver frost
(bird species of China) silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)


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