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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
pearls / jewels / precious stones
HSK 6
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
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bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
pearl / bead / CL: , 顆|颗
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
pearl / jewel (of great value)
Zhuhui district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
steel ball / bearing ball
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
a marble (used in games)
Jinwan District of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
teardrop; tear
dewdrop
Buddhist prayer beads
Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
perlite
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
bearing ball
bead
joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
droplet / dewdrop
calculation using abacus
(literary) pearl; gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom
Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰)
(idiom) every word is a gem
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
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
beads of sweat
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
one's eyes / eyeball
sparkling with wit (idiom)
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
light bulb
bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安, Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江 to the Pearl River 珠江
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
(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
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
(of a woman) old and faded
sparkling with wit (idiom)
Banjul, capital of Gambia
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
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
ovule
rosary / prayer beads
East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
unrecognized talent
Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
variant of 珍珠
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
(medicine) candidiasis / thrush
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
Pearl River Delta (PRD)
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
Oriental Pearl Tower
Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination / perfect pair
Jinwan District of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
curtain of pearls / screen of beads
mother-of-pearl
pinball
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
Cabernet Gernischt (grape type)
pachinko machine
pupil of the eye
Zhushan district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
bubble milk tea (Tw) / Boba milk tea / tapioca milk tea / see also 珍珠奶茶
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence
Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 香港 + 珠海 + 澳門|澳门)
abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
to get pregnant out of wedlock
eyeball
Cabernet Franc (grape type)
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
pachinko
to dive for pearls
lottery machine
to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis

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