試金石
shì​jīn​shí

touchstone

  • created reference approved 试金石/試金石 → 块/塊 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    试金石 / 試金石 shì​jīn​shí

    块 / 塊 kuài

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 试金石/試金石 · shì​jīn​shí · touchstone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    试金石 / 試金石

    shì​jīn​shí

    touchstone

    1. a hard dark stone such as basanite used to test the purity of gold or other precious metals by the color of the streak produced when rubbed on it; 2. (figurative) a standard or reliable test used to determine the quality, genuineness, or value of something

    试金 (literal) → 试金/試金 · shì​jīn · to assay 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone

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

    created sense