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


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