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  *金* | 金* | *金
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
fund
HSK 5
cash
HSK 3
US dollar / USD
HSK 4
banking / finance / financial
HSK 6
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
funds; capital
HSK 3
premium / award money / bonus
HSK 4
gold medal / CL:
HSK 3
deposit / down payment
HSK 5
sum of money / monetary value
HSK 6
scholarship / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *金* | 金* | *金
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
rent
HSK 6
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
down payment / advance payment
HSK 7-9
hardware store
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
(saying) time is precious
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
the key (to solving a problem etc) / (Tw) (cryptography) key
official reserves / accumulated fund
HSK 7-9
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
Wolverine, comic book superhero
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
secure and lucrative job
chicken gizzard lining
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
money / currency
HSK 6
safe places for storing important articles
metal halide lamp
thousand jin (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
mutual fund
financier; banker
Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠 novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
Chinhu town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
BRICS (economic bloc)
heavy metal
financial reform
venture capital fund
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
Midas touch / golden touch
gold content / (fig.) value; worth
money worship
financial backer / bankroller
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading)
Kumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
hardware store / ironmonger's store
petty cash
lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
metal / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
financial system
Parkinson's disease
finance
(name) Parkinson
Parkinson's disease
retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
HSK 7-9
supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund
to worship money / to be mad about money
capital / principal
consumer finance (abbr. for 消費金融|消费金融)
to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune
metallurgy
gold leaf
Xiaojin County (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
gold
HSK 7-9
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
exchange-traded fund (ETF)
to commute a prison sentence to a fine (Tw)
to make an in-app purchase in a game
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
caring only about money and wealth
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
annuity / pension / superannuation
Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains / (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades
(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider
student grant / education grant / scholarship
Jintian Uprising
international peace foundation
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
gold rush
financial crisis
pension
HSK 7-9
Golden Globe Award
Financial Times
financial institution / banking institution
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

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