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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
pachinko machine
pearls / jewels / precious stones
HSK 6
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
Oriental Pearl Tower
unrecognized talent
Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
(idiom) every word is a gem
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
(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
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
(of a woman) old and faded
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
teardrop; tear
ball bearing
mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Zhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 珠海 + 澳門|澳门)
one's eyes / eyeball
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
a marble (used in games)
Buddhist prayer beads
Pearl River Delta
to get pregnant out of wedlock
bearing ball
droplet / dewdrop
pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
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bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
Haizhu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
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
Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 香港 + 珠海 + 澳門|澳门)
calculation using abacus
light bulb
Cabernet Franc (grape type)
Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
the brightest jewel in the crown
bead
sparkling with wit (idiom)
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
West Ujimqin banner or Baruun Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
lottery machine
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
Zhuhui, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
ovule
undiscovered talent (idiom)
perlite
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
beads of sweat
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis
Zhushan, a district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
Pearl River Delta (PRD)
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
Pearl River (Guangdong)
Banjul, capital of Gambia
pearl / bead / CL: , 顆|颗
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
to dive for pearls
East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
mother-of-pearl
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
steel ball / bearing ball
dewdrop
bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination / perfect pair
eyeball
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
rosary / prayer beads
pearl / jewel (of great value)
pupil of the eye
rosary (Catholic prayer beads)
pinball
pearl gray
(medicine) candidiasis / thrush
Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
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
lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence

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