"Pearl" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhēn zhū pearl / CL:顆|颗[ke1]
 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value)
 zhū zi pearl / bead / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
 zhēn zhū pearl / usually written 珍珠[zhen1 zhu1]
 zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
 pín pearl
 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2]
 Zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong)
 Zhū Sān jiǎo Pearl River Delta
 bèi ké shell / conch / cowry / mother of pearl / hard outer skin / also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
 Zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD)
 Zhēn zhū Gǎng Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
 yīng luò jade or pearl necklace
 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
 Sài Zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
 Líng qú Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] to the Pearl River 珠江[Zhu1 jiang1]
 yì yǐ Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) / Chinese pearl barley
 jī irregular pearl
 ěr pearl or jade earring
 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair
 tàn lí dé zhū 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
 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
 lǎo bàng shēng zhū lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
 Wú jià Zhēn zhū Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
 yuè pearl used in sacrifice
 cǎi zhū rén The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才[Bi4 cai2]
 zhì zhū zài wò lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence
 Dōng fāng Míng zhū Tǎ Oriental Pearl Tower
 Dōng fāng Míng zhū Diàn shì Tǎ Oriental Pearl Television Tower
 zhēn nǎi abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶
 Zhū shān Mt Everest / abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan) / Nepalese: Sagarmatha / Mt Pearl (place name) / Zhushan district of Jingdezhen city 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
 zhū liú fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
 zhū huī pearl gray
 mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
 Hǔ mén the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4]
  Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc., The
 chéng a kind of jade / a kind of pearl
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