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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 / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
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  *開* | 開* | *開
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
gold medal / CL:
HSK 3
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal
HSK 7-9
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
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
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)
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
thousand jin (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
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  *錯* | 錯* | *錯
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
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
gold content / (fig.) value; worth
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)
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune
gold leaf
gold
HSK 7-9
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位 "school-centered approach")
(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
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
gold rush
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
gold panner / prospector for gold
the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour
gold color
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
gold rush
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 medal; first prize
(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money
Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
gold mine / gold ore
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
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)
Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist
to commit suicide by swallowing gold
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
(lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor
gold band
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  *錠* | 錠* | *錠
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
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  *鏐* | 鏐* | *鏐
fine gold
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
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  *鋆* | 鋆* | *鋆
gold
like gold or jade (idiom) / gorgeous / lovely / splendorous
gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace)
golden / gold (color)
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
to snatch gold / to take first place in a competition
pure gold
gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
to gold-plate; to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
to outline in gold
valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
(gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine
gold and silver
(bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
(gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated / (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
(gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
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  *鈿* | 鈿* | *鈿
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
gold-bearing / (fig.) valuable
gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
gold standard (monetary system)
gold bar
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous
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)
lit. a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom) / fig. a promise that can be counted on
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender
gold exchange standard (economics)
lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
materialistic woman / (slang) gold-digger
gold and jade / precious
carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant

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