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Definition
- jade
Compounds (9)
Related words (72)
beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公
pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person
(lit.) do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.; Your criticism will be most valuable.
Idioms (29)
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible
(lit.) to throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)
bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine
(lit.) orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
(lit.) burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
(lit.) gold and jade fill the hall (idiom); (fig.) abundant wealth; abundance of knowledge
(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
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom); the cost of living is very high
(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
(lit.) to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); (fig.) to turn hostility into friendship
(lit.) the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside; to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
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