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Examples:carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)—lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); throw away money recklessly—one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice—lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury—a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept—touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem—the storm put strong grass the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister—Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist—Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics—a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold—transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it—accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous—Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948—lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value—the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin—Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games—classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks—splendid in green and gold (idiom); looking radiant—Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games—Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist—An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (common saying); Money can't buy you time.—lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing pride or moral integrity)—not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect—Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies—lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. [idiom.]—lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. [idiom.]— |