to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous
lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
1. premature death of a budding talent2. those whom the Gods love die young
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
1. lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom)2. fig. abundant wealth3. abundance of knowledge
1. brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury2. extravagance
1. (lit.) carved railings and jade steps (idiom)2. (fig.) richly ornamented (building)
1. food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)2. the cost of living is very high
(idiom) (of a beautiful woman) to die; to pass away
1. lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material2. casting pearls before swine
化干戈为玉帛 化干戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó 1. lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)2. fig. to turn hostility into friendship
玉屏侗族自治县 玉屏侗族自治縣 yù píng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn Yuping Dong Autonomous County, in Tongren City 铜仁市[tóng rén shì], Guizhou
玉树藏族自治州 玉樹藏族自治州 yù shù zàng zú zì zhì zhōu Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省[qīng hǎi shěng]
see 玉屏侗族自治县[yù píng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn]
see 玉龙纳西族自治县[yù lóng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn]
see 玉树藏族自治州[yù shù zàng zú zì zhì zhōu]
variant of 亭亭玉立[tíng tíng yù lì]
see 怜香惜玉[lián xiāng xī yù]
see 蒹葭倚玉树[jiān jiā yǐ yù shù]
see 香消玉殒[xiāng xiāo yù yǔn]
see 香消玉殒[xiāng xiāo yù yǔn]
magatama (Japanese curved beads)
Saitama (prefecture and city in Japan)
honorific term for another person's brother
1. crystal2. old word for 水晶
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")
1. great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), a plant whose root is used in TCM2. (old) (courteous) your letter
penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons)
1. jade and jade-like stone2. impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
1. stone containing jade2. uncut jade
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顾野王[gù yě wáng] in 6th century AD
moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
wood jade (type of petrified wood)
Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan
Yushu, a county-level city in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉树藏族自治州[yù shù zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
(slang) clinical depression