释义 |
Examples:erroneously called Chinese pearl barley—The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta—pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)—the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)—the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong—smart words like a string of pearl—lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time—dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)—string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination—pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)—lit. cutting one's stomach hide a pearl [idiom.]—lit. an old oyster producing a pearl [idiom.]—lit. a pearl in the palm [idiom.]—lit. hold the pearl of wisdom [idiom.]— |