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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
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  *珠* | 珠* | *珠
bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
pearl / jewel (of great value)
steel ball / bearing ball
a marble (used in games)
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)
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
beads of sweat
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
(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)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
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
ovule
rosary / prayer beads
unrecognized talent
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
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
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)
pupil of the eye
Cabernet Franc (grape type)
pachinko
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
to dive for pearls
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
undiscovered talent (idiom)
rosary (Catholic prayer beads)
white of the eye
the brightest jewel in the crown
eyeball
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)


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