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jade
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corn / maize / CL:
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Yuquan District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia
nephrite (used in TCM)
Jade Emperor
Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
Yushan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
jade pendant / jade ornament
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
corundum (mineral)
topaz
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
precious jade / treasures
lily-white hands
Yulan magnolia
Saitama (city and prefecture in Japan)
see 肉桂
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
Yuquan District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia
(mineralogy) chalcedony / exquisite wine
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
jasper
a jade worker / a jade statuette / a beautiful person / (term of endearment)
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
white jade / tofu (by analogy)
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
Alioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
please help achieve something (formal)
bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
nephrite / Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering / secret illicit sex
honorific term for another person's brother
your son (honorific)
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals / superb liquor / top quality wine
jade artifact
lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor
Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Yuxi, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
Yushan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王 in 6th century AD
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
cornmeal; maize flour
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
Jade Emperor (in Taoism)
(literary) penis
fine jade
magnolia
lit. pile up gold and jade / very rich
Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
Yuquanying
Yuzhou district of Yulin city 玉林市, Guangxi
gold and jade / precious
heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
(literary) vaginal opening / vulva
(dialect) corn
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
corn grits
a beautiful woman
jade and jade-like stone / impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), a plant whose root is used in TCM / (old) (courteous) your letter
a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
(deferential) your letter
stone containing jade / uncut jade
penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons)
(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
pretty daughter in a humble family
the Jade Emperor
Tamagawa (name) / Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas

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