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  *貴* | 貴* | *貴
expensive / (bound form) highly valued; precious / (bound form) noble; of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your
HSK 1
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  *寶* | 寶* | *寶
jewel / gem / treasure / precious
HSK 4
precious stone; gem / CL: , 顆|颗
HSK 4
valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by
HSK 4
precious
HSK 5
pearls / jewels / precious stones
HSK 6
precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law
HSK 7-9
precious
HSK 7-9
famous and valuable / rare / precious
HSK 7-9
precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself!
HSK 7-9
museum piece / collector's item / precious object
HSK 7-9
precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
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  *瑋* | 瑋* | *瑋
(reddish jade) / precious / rare
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  *珍* | 珍* | *珍
precious thing / treasure / culinary delicacy / rare / valuable / to value highly
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  *瑤* | 瑤* | *瑤
jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific
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  *礐* | 礐* | *礐
(arch.) precious stone
precious horse
precious metal
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha , the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (his monastic order)
silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
precious jade / treasures
rare / precious and uncommon
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  *琛* | 琛* | *琛
precious stone / gem
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  *禕* | 禕* | *禕
excellent / precious / rare / fine / (used in given names)
most valuable treasure / most precious asset
extremely precious / valuable
rare and precious / valuable / remarkable
precious object / treasure
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
rare / precious and odd
(saying) time is precious
as if gaining the most precious treasure
gold and jade / precious
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  *琉* | 琉* | *琉
precious stone
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
very capable person / precious object
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  *珋* | 珋* | *珋
(literary) lustrous precious stone
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
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  *玹* | 玹* | *玹
jadelike precious stone / jade-colored
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle
magnificent / precious
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
troy weight, system of weights for precious metals and gemstones based on the 12-ounce pound (or 5,760 grains)
family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance
(Christianity) Precious Blood (of Jesus Christ); Blood of Christ
red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
precious stone / jewel
precious coral / red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine


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