金童玉女
jīn tóng yù nǚ
Pinyin

Definition

金童玉女
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jīn tóng yù nu:3
  1. lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)
  2. attendants of the Daoist immortals
  3. fig. lovely young children
  4. a golden couple
  5. (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

女
nu:3
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
女儿
nu:3 ér
  1. 1 daughter
女友
nu:3 yǒu
  1. 1 girlfriend
女孩
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
男女
nán nu:3
  1. 1 male-female
  2. 2 male and female
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
处女
chǔ nu:3
  1. 1 virgin
  2. 2 maiden
  3. 3 inaugural
金
Jīn
  1. 1 surname Jin
  2. 2 surname Kim (Korean)
  3. 3 Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
金币
jīn bì
  1. 1 gold coin
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
黄金
huáng jīn
  1. 1 gold
  2. 2 golden (opportunity)
  3. 3 prime (time)
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
修女
xiū nu:3
  1. 1 nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
儿女
ér nu:3
  1. 1 children
  2. 2 sons and daughters
儿童
ér tóng
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
剩女
shèng nu:3
  1. 1 "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)
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
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
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
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
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
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

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