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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
unrecognized talent
sparkling with wit (idiom)
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
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
teardrop; tear
one's eyes / eyeball
Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
a marble (used in games)
Buddhist prayer beads
bearing ball
droplet / dewdrop
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  *珠* | 珠* | *珠
bead / pearl / CL: , 顆|颗
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (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
light bulb
Cabernet Franc (grape type)
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)
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
ovule
undiscovered talent (idiom)
beads of sweat
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
to dive for pearls
steel ball / bearing ball
dewdrop
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)
Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
Cabernet Gernischt (grape type)
white of the eye
pachinko
variant of 珍珠


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