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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
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  *错* | 错* | *错
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 1
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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
gold medal / CL:
HSK 3
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal
HSK 7-9
gold
HSK 7-9
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
thousand jin (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
gold coin
gold medal; first prize
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  *镀* | 镀* | *镀
to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated
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  *锭* | 锭* | *锭
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
gold bar
gold and silver
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
gold lettering / gold characters
gold leaf
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  *鋆* | 鋆* | *鋆
gold
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
to snatch gold / to take first place in a competition
platinum / silver / white gold / (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
(lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor
(printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze
pure gold
gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace)
gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
pure gold
gold mine / gold ore
to commit suicide by swallowing gold
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  *钿* | 钿* | *钿
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides
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
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to gold-plate; to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune
relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
gold and jade / precious
to outline in gold
to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild / (fig.) to prettify; to glorify
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  *琯* | 琯* | *琯
mus. instr. / to polish jade or gold
pure gold / solid gold
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
gold ornaments
not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
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  *镠* | 镠* | *镠
fine gold
gold-plating / gilded / gold-plated
lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
lit. pile up gold and jade / very rich
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
(gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine
pure gold / solid gold
Phelps (name) / Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
gilded / inlaid with gold
gold band
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
to plate (with gold, silver etc)
reddish-gold (color)
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
gold content / (fig.) value; worth
standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine
Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist
gold panner / prospector for gold
the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
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)
blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via media and the Internet), money (bribery etc) and sexual temptation (honey trap etc)
copper paint / fake gold leaf
Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方
gold rush
to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)
Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / fig. to talk up; to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)
gold exchange standard (economics)
materialistic woman / (slang) gold-digger
gold-bearing / (fig.) valuable
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist

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