玉石 yù shí

  1. yù shí phrase jade and stone
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '玉石'; Guoyu '玉石' 1)
  2. yùshí noun jade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '玉石' 2)
  3. yùshí noun gemstones
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '玉石'; Guoyu '玉石' 3)

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  • 鼎铛玉石(鼎鐺玉石) to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; a waste of precious material
  • 玉石俱焚 to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately

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