埃尔金
Āi ěr jīn
Pinyin

Definition

埃尔金
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Āi ěr jīn
  1. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860
  2. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

现金
xiàn jīn
  1. 1 cash
资金
zī jīn
  1. 1 funds
  2. 2 funding
  3. 3 capital
金
Jīn
  1. 1 surname Jin
  2. 2 surname Kim (Korean)
  3. 3 Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
金刚
Jīn gāng
  1. 1 King Kong
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
金币
jīn bì
  1. 1 gold coin
金枝玉叶
jīn zhī yù yè
  1. 1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
金融
jīn róng
  1. 1 banking
  2. 2 finance
  3. 3 financial
金钱
jīn qián
  1. 1 money
  2. 2 currency
金陵
Jīn líng
  1. 1 pre-Han name for Nanjing
  2. 2 common place name
黄金
huáng jīn
  1. 1 gold
  2. 2 golden (opportunity)
  3. 3 prime (time)
公积金
gōng jī jīn
  1. 1 official reserves
  2. 2 accumulated fund
千金
qiān jīn
  1. 1 thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold
  2. 2 money and riches
  3. 3 (honorific) invaluable (support)
  4. 4 (honorific) daughter
合金
hé jīn
  1. 1 alloy
吸金
xī jīn
  1. 1 money-spinning
  2. 2 moneymaking
埃
Āi
  1. 1 abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Āi jí]
埃及
Āi jí
  1. 1 Egypt
基金
jī jīn
  1. 1 fund

Idioms (20)

一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千金一掷
qiān jīn yī zhì
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
千金一诺
qiān jīn yī nuò
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
固若金汤
gù ruò jīn tāng
  1. 1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
  2. 2 well fortified
  3. 3 invulnerable to attack
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
  1. 1 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get sorted out
  3. 3 to be finalized
如金似玉
rú jīn sì yù
  1. 1 like gold or jade (idiom)
  2. 2 gorgeous
  3. 3 lovely
  4. 4 splendorous
家累千金，坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
情比金坚
qíng bǐ jīn jiān
  1. 1 love is more solid than gold (idiom)
拾金不昧
shí jīn bù mèi
  1. 1 to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金
jī gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back

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