| | 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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| | 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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| | 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 |
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| | gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) | HSK 4 |
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| | to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal | HSK 7-9 |
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| | gold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine | |
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| | metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡 | |
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| | standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender | |
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| | gold ornaments | |
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| | to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem | |
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| | to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated | |
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| | gold coin | |
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| | a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius | |
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| | gold and silver | |
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| | a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold | |
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| | (gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine | |
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| | to gold-plate; to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special | |
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| | lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence | |
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| | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze | |
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| | gold leaf | |
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| | gold bar | |
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| | gold mine / gold ore | |
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| | gold content / (fig.) value; worth | |
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| | (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor | |
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| | pure gold | |
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| | gold color | |
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| | to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower | |
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| | golden / gold (color) | |
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| | gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) | |
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| | gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) | |
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| | lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | materialistic woman / (slang) gold-digger | |
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| | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant | |
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| | lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | reddish-gold (color) | |
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| | relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness | |
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| | richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom) | |
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| | to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild / (fig.) to prettify; to glorify | |
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| | gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf | |
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| | Phelps (name) / Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist | |
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| | gold-plating / gilded / gold-plated | |
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| | a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept | |
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| | lit. pile up gold and jade / very rich | |
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| | carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) | |
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| | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈 | |
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| | An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. | |
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| | True gold fears no fire. (idiom) | |
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| | copper paint / fake gold leaf | |
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| | to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem | |
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| | lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw | |
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| | to cash / to change gold or silver into money | |
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| | fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow | |
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| | a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept | |
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| | pure gold / solid gold | |
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| | mus. instr. / to polish jade or gold | |
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| | gold and jade / precious | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to outline in gold | |
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| | lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff | |
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| | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant | |
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| | fine gold | |
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| | to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune | |
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| | lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (idiom) / fig. time is precious | |
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| | lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury | |
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| | to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it | |
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| | pure gold / solid gold | |
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| | Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948 | |
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| | pure gold | |
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| | lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything. | |
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| | to commit suicide by swallowing gold | |
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| | (idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious | |
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| | one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight | |
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| | to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous | |
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| | gold rush | |
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| | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis | |
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| | Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games | |
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| | gold band | |
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| | gold medal; first prize | |
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| | to plate (with gold, silver etc) | |
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| | splendid in green and gold (idiom); looking radiant | |
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| | gilded / inlaid with gold | |
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| | the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour | |
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| | Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games | |
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| | gold-bearing / (fig.) valuable | |
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| | love is more solid than gold (idiom) | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | gold panner / prospector for gold | |
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| | to snatch gold / to take first place in a competition | |
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| | Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist | |
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