玉
yù
Pinyin

Definition

玉
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yù
  1. jade

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

林黛玉
Lín Dài yù
  1. 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
玉
yù
  1. 1 jade
玉米
yù mǐ
  1. 1 corn
  2. 2 maize
  3. 3 CL:粒[lì]
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
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
宝玉
bǎo yù
  1. 1 precious jade
  2. 2 treasures
张曼玉
Zhāng Màn yù
  1. 1 Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
怜香惜玉
lián xiāng xī yù
  1. 1 to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
玉佩
yù pèi
  1. 1 jade pendant
  2. 2 jade ornament
玉兔
yù tù
  1. 1 the Jade Hare
  2. 2 the moon
玉器
yù qì
  1. 1 jade artifact
玉女
yù nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
  2. 2 fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals
  3. 3 (polite) sb else's daughter
  4. 4 Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
玉山
Yù Shān
  1. 1 Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
玉帝
yù dì
  1. 1 the Jade Emperor
玉手
yù shǒu
  1. 1 lily-white hands
玉林
Yù lín
  1. 1 Yulin prefecture level city in Guangxi
玉树
Yù shù
  1. 1 Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: yus hru'u bod rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai
玉溪
Yù xī
  1. 1 Yuxi prefecture level city in Yunnan
玉环
Yù huán
  1. 1 Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[Tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
玉皇
Yù huáng
  1. 1 Jade Emperor (in Taoism)

Idioms (20)

不吝珠玉
bù lìn zhū yù
  1. 1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
  2. 2 Your criticism will be most valuable.
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
如金似玉
rú jīn sì yù
  1. 1 like gold or jade (idiom)
  2. 2 gorgeous
  3. 3 lovely
  4. 4 splendorous
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
  1. 1 every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
  1. 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
  2. 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
引玉之砖
yǐn yù zhī zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
怜香惜玉
lián xiāng xī yù
  1. 1 to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
  1. 1 lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
玉洁冰清
yù jié bīng qīng
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
玉珉
yù mín
  1. 1 jade and jade-like stone
  2. 2 impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
珉玉杂淆
mín yù zá xiáo
  1. 1 scholars of various talents (idiom)
珠玉在侧
zhū yù zài cè
  1. 1 gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
琼楼玉宇
qióng lóu yù yǔ
  1. 1 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
琼浆玉液
qióng jiāng yù yè
  1. 1 bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals
  2. 2 superb liquor
  3. 3 top quality wine

Sample Sentences

后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听，才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后，在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上，当场身亡，香消玉陨了，而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
hòulái QínYǔ xiàng nǚháiēr de línjū men dǎting ，cái zhīdào yuánlái nǚháiēr yuè rì zài Shànghǎi kàn wán huàjù biǎoyǎn hòu ，zài huí jiǔdiàn de lùshang bèi yīgè jiǔhòu jiàchē de sījī zhuàng shàng ，dāngchǎng shēnwáng ，xiāngxiāoyùyǔn le ，ér yuè rì nàtiān zhènghǎo shì nǚháiēr de tóuqī 。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
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银汉无声转玉盘
Yínhàn wúshēng zhuàn yù pán
The Milky Way is quiet and the full moon is like a beautiful jade in the sky.
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怎么会苦巴巴呢？书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉呀。
zěnme huì ne ？shū zhōng zìyǒu huángjīnwū ，shū zhōng zìyǒu Yán rú yù ya 。
How can you feel pathetic? Gold and beauty can be found in books.
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到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。
dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。
In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.
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这不是我最爱的汝窑瓷吗？汝窑瓷的颜色如美玉一般，安静、典雅，家里有几个仿宋朝汝窑瓷的茶杯，我家人都爱不释手呢！
zhè búshi wǒ zuì ài de rǔyáo cí ma ？rǔyáo cí de yánsè rú měiyù yībān ，ānjìng 、diǎnyǎ ，jiālǐ yǒu jǐge fǎng Sòngcháo rǔyáo cí de chábēi ，wǒ jiārén dōu àibùshìshǒu ne ！
Isn't this my favourite, Ru Ware pottery? The colors of Ru Ware pottery are similar to jade, quiet, elegant. I've got a few faux Song Dynasty Ru Ware teacups, and my family really love them!
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是啊，其中梁朝伟三次夺得最佳男主角桂冠，张曼玉四夺最佳女主角，成为当之无愧的金马王和金马女皇。
shì a ，qízhōng Liáng Cháowěi sān cì duódé zuìjiā nánzhǔjué guìguān ，Zhāng Mànyù sì duó zuìjiā nǚ zhǔjué ，chéngwéi dāngzhīwúkuì de jīnmǎ Wáng hé jīnmǎ nǚhuáng 。
Yeah, amid this Hong Kong trend, Tony Leung won best actor three times and Maggie Cheung won best actress four times, making them deserving of the title King and Queen of the Golden Horse Awards.
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从词中怎么看出惆怅或达观呢？“我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒…”这让我觉得有点消极的意味，是这样吗？
cóng cí zhōng zěnme kànchū chóuchàng huò dáguān ne ？“wǒ yù chéng fēng guīqù ，yòu kǒng qónglóuyùyǔ ，gāochù bù shēng hán …”zhè ràng wǒ juéde yǒudiǎnr xiāojí de yìwèi ，shì zhèyàng ma ？
How is it that I see melancholy and a philosophical outlook in the ci poem? The line "I want to return there on the wind, my only fear is being too cold on the heights of the bejeweled jade palace..." puts me in mind of a more negative tone, is that correct?
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欸，给你们介绍一下啊，这是贺萧，我们初中风云人物，现在自己做老板。这是我们司法局可爱的会计，新娘的好朋友贾玉。
èi ，gěi nǐmen jièshào yīxià ā ，zhè shì Hè xiāo ，wǒmen chūzhōng fēngyúnrénwù ，xiànzài zìjǐ zuò lǎobǎn 。zhè shì wǒmen sīfǎjú kěài de kuàijì ，xīnniáng de hǎopéngyou Jiǎ yù 。
Agh, I'll introduce you both. This is He Xiao, he was the ladykiller of my Junior High School, now he's his own boss. This is Jia Yu, one of the lovelier accountants at the Ministry of Justice and a good friend of the bride.
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男神您好！小女子贾玉，贾宝玉的贾，贾宝玉的玉。
nánshén nínhǎo ！xiǎo nǚzǐ Jiǎ yù ，Jiǎ Bǎoyù de Jiǎ ，Jiǎ Bǎoyù de yù 。
Hello there, handsome! This fair maiden's name is Jia Yu, the Jia is the same as the Jia in the name of Jia Baoyu from Dream of the Red Chamber and the "yu" is the same as the "yu" from the name of Jia Baoyu from Dreams of Red Chamber.
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书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉
shū zhōng zì yǒu huángjīn wū ，shū zhōng zì yǒu Yán rú yù
The wealth will come to you naturally as long as you study well.
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