欬唾成珠
kài​tuò​chéng​zhū

each word a gem

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

    欬唾成珠 kài​tuò​chéng​zhū

    咳唾成珠 ké​tuò​chéng​zhū

    same_as

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

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  • created sense approved 欬唾成珠 · kài​tuò​chéng​zhū · each word a gem — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欬唾成珠

    kài​tuò​chéng​zhū

    each word a gem

    (literary) to have brilliant conversation or beautiful writing, literally meaning 'even one's coughs and spit turn into pearls'

    ké​tuò​chéng​zhū

    欬 (literal) → 欬 · ké · to cough 唾 (literal) → 唾 · tuò · to spit 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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