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corn / maize / CL:
HSK 4
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
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jade
HSK 4
jade artifact
Jade Emperor
corn cake / Mexican tortilla
Jade Emperor (in Taoism)
precious jade / treasures
jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子 in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
corn starch
Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
jasper
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫|箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公
cornflour / corn starch
corn kernel
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
corundum (mineral)
Yulan magnolia
Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
(bird species of China) Taiwan fulvetta (Fulvetta formosana)
(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
Alioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
see 肉桂
corn cob
cornflakes / tortilla chips
premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典
to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
corn
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
(mineralogy) carnelian
(mineralogy) chrysoprase
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
lustrous jade
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering / secret illicit sex
Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
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
jadeite
the Jade Emperor
(literary) penis
fine jade
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
Yuquanying
like gold or jade (idiom) / gorgeous / lovely / splendorous
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
jade pendant / jade ornament
bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
(dialect) corn
a beautiful woman
magatama (Japanese curved beads)
pretty daughter in a humble family
crystal / old word for 水晶
Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
jet
jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
wood jade (type of petrified wood)
Yuping Dong Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
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food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
Yushan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
a jade worker / a jade statuette / a beautiful person / (term of endearment)

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