Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

47 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
pearl / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 6
Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
one's eyes / eyeball
Buddhist prayer beads
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
bead
beads of sweat
sparkling with wit (idiom)
bearing ball
a teardrop
droplet / dewdrop
dewdrop
joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
marbles
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
steel ball / bearing ball
Cabernet Franc (grape type)
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
(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 S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
light bulb
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *珠* | 珠* | *珠
bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
pearl / jewel (of great value)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
ovule
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
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
white of the eye
unrecognized talent
rosary / prayer beads
variant of 珍珠
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
pachinko
to dive for pearls
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
undiscovered talent (idiom)
Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
rosary (Catholic prayer beads)
the brightest jewel in the crown
eyeball
Cabernet Gernischt (grape type)
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
muscovite, mica (used in TCM); Muscovitum
pupil of the eye


Tip: The character dictionary gives detailed information about separate Chinese characters; the word dictionary contains words consisting of 1 or more Chinese characters.
top
© 2023 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies