"(jade)" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
 bǎo yù precious jade / treasures
 yù qì jade artifact
 Tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
 yù dì the Jade Emperor
 yù pèi jade pendant / jade ornament
 Yù huáng Jade Emperor (in Taoism)
 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace)
 jīn yù gold and jade / precious
 měi yù fine jade
 Yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
 yù tù the Jade Hare / the moon
 Hé tián yù nephrite / Hotan jade
 yīng luò jade or pearl necklace
 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
 zhū yuán yù rùn lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
 Yù huáng Dǐng Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong
 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact
 yù jade
 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
 cuì bluish-green / green jade
 qióng jasper / fine jade / beautiful / exquisite (e.g. wine, food) / abbr. for Hainan province
 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific
 qí fine jade
 guī (old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)
 bì jade annulus
 lù beautiful jade
 xiá blemish / flaw in jade
 ěr pearl or jade earring
 diàn blemish / disgrace / flaw in jade
 fěi green jade / kingfisher
 huáng semicircular jade ornament
 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel
 jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
 ài fine quality jade
 yuàn large jade ring
 wén veins in jade
 cōng stone similar to jade
 wán bì guī Zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
 jīn tóng yù nu:3 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
 pāo zhuān yǐn yù 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
 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair
 rú huā sì yù delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
 wǔ inferior gem / a kind of jade
 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù 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
 tōu xiāng qiè yù lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom) / philandering / secret illicit sex
 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person
 diāo yíng bì kǎn carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment
怀 huái bì qí zuì lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom) / to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.
 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
 qióng lóu yù yǔ bejeweled jade palace (idiom) / sumptuous dwelling
 zhī lán yù shù lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom) / fig. a child with splendid future prospects
 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
 jǐn yī yù shí brocade garments, jade meals (idiom) / a life of luxury / extravagance
 dǐng chēng yù shí 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
 jīn yù mǎn táng lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
 duī jīn jī yù lit. pile up gold and jade / very rich
 yǐn yù zhī zhuān 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
 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor
 chuàn jade ring
 dì white jade worn on belt
 fū agate / inferior gem / a kind of jade
 guǎn mus. instr. / to polish jade or gold
 guàn jade used for making goblets
 jiǎ small jade cup with ears
 jiè jade tablet indicating rank
 jué penannular jade pendant
 jué half-circle jade ring
 quán jade / shell
 tiàn jade ear-plug
 xiù quickly-deteriorating jade
 xuān ornamental piece of jade
 zhèn jade weight
 zǔ carving on jade
 cōng tinkling of jade pendants
 diǎn gem used as ear plug / jade earrings
 huán (old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies
 jùn beautiful jade
 kūn beautiful jade / bamboo
 píng name of one kind of jade
 xuán beautiful jade / star
 yī a black stone like jade / jet
 yú semiprecious stone / a kind of jade
 yù yī jade
 jiú black jade / variant of 玖
 pèi huán ring-like jade belt pendant
 bīng hú jade pot for cold water / curling (sport) / curling puck
 rú jīn sì yù like gold or jade (idiom) / gorgeous / lovely / splendorous
 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
 gǒng bì a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood)
 yù rén a jade worker / a jade statuette / a beautiful person / (term of endearment)
 yù mín jade and jade-like stone / impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
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