咳唾成珠
ké​tuò​chéng​zhū

to speak or write gems

  • created reference approved 咳唾成珠 → 欬唾成珠 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咳唾成珠 ké​tuò​chéng​zhū

    欬唾成珠 kài​tuò​chéng​zhū

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 咳唾成珠 · ké​tuò​chéng​zhū · to speak or write gems — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咳唾成珠

    ké​tuò​chéng​zhū

    to speak or write gems

    (literary) describes the speech of a talented person as being as precious as pearls; used to praise excellent conversation or beautiful writing

    咳唾 (literal) → 咳唾 · ké​tuò · honored words 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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