珠 zhū
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zhū
noun
pearl
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As produced from a 蚌壳 clam shell (Guoyu '珠' n 1; Kroll 2015 '珠' 1; Unihan '珠') -
zhū
noun
a bead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, a bead cut from a gem or other stone (Kroll 2015 '珠' 1a) -
zhū
noun
a bead or orb-shaped object
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '珠' n 2; Kroll 2015 '珠' 1b; Unihan '珠') -
zhū
noun
a pearl of writing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Refers to brilliant writing (Kroll 2015 '珠' 2)
Contained in
- 珠联璧合(珠聯璧合) string of pearl and jade; ideal combination; perfect pair
- 珍珠母 mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
- 买椟还珠(買櫝還珠) to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment
- 珠江三角洲 Pearl River Delta (PRD)
- 珍珠粟 pearl millet
- 妙语连珠(妙語連珠) sparkling with wit
- 圆珠笔(圓珠筆) ballpoint pen
- 珠灰 pearl gray
- 掌上明珠 a pearl in the hand; a beloved person
- 无价珍珠(無價珍珠) Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
- 剑气珠光(劍氣珠光) vigorous as a sword and bright as a pearl
- 珠算 calculation using abacus
- 珠帘(珠簾) a bead curtain
- 珠流璧转(珠流璧轉) pearl flows, jade moves on; the passage of time; water under the bridge
- 圆珠(圓珠) ball; bead; ballpoint
- 遗珠(遺珠) unrecognized talent
- 老蚌生珠 an old oyster producing a pearl; birthing a son at an advanced age
- 眼珠子 eyeball; the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
- 掌上之珠 a pearl in the hand; a beloved person
- 蛇龙珠(蛇龍珠) Cabernet Gernischt (grape type)
- 沧海遗珠(滄海遺珠) undiscovered talent
- 连珠炮(連珠砲) in quick-fire succession
- 圆珠形离子交换剂(圓珠形離子交換劑) bead-type ion exchanger
- 钢珠(鋼珠) steel ball; bearing ball
- 珍珠岩 perlite
- 翠绕珠围(翠繞珠圍) green entwines and pearls encircle; a beautifully dressed woman
- 珠峰 Mount Everest
- 珠颈斑鸠(珠頸斑鳩) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- 鱼目混珠(魚目混珠) to pass fish eyes off for pearls; to pass fake products off for genuine
- 天珠 dzi bead
- 真珠贝(真珠貝) shell of a pearl
- 珠玉在侧(珠玉在側) gems at the side; flanked by genius
- 汗珠子 beads of sweat
- 港珠澳大桥(港珠澳大橋) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau road bridge
- 珠流 fluent with words; words flowing like pearl beads
- 珠母 mother-of-pearl
- 珠箔 curtain of pearls; screen of beads
- 水珠 droplet; dewdrop
- 日珠 the Sun
- 眼珠 an eyeball
- 泛珠江三角 the Pan-Pearl river delta
- 珍珠米 corn
- 探骊得珠(探驪得珠) to pluck a pearl from the black dragon; to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
- 电珠(電珠) light bulb
- 珠江 Pearl River
Also contained in
龙戏珠 、 西乌珠穆沁旗 、 珠晖区 、 珠澳 、 七龙珠 、 珠山区
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- 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 48
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 44
- 卷七十八 志第二十八: 輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 32
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 25
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
- 卷11 志第6 禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 18
- 卷12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 17
- 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 16
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
- 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
Collocations
- 白珠 (白珠) 雲盜白珠十斛 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十四 梁統列傳 Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong — count: 12
- 乌珠 (烏珠) 為烏珠留若鞮單于 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 8
- 珠留 (珠留) 為烏珠留若鞮單于 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 8
- 大珠 (大珠) 大珠至圍二寸以下 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八下 地理志 Volume 28b: Treatise on Geography 2 — count: 6
- 美珠 (美珠) 納美珠焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
- 珠出于 (珠出於) 珠出於赤野之末光 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 4
- 蠙珠 (蠙珠) 淮夷蠙珠暨魚 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4
- 珠襦 (珠襦) 太后被珠襦 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi — count: 4
- 生珠 (生珠) 淵生珠而岸不枯 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 3
- 求珠 (求珠) 宋公求珠 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3