镏金
liú​jīn

gold-plating

  • created reference approved 镏金/鎦金 → 鎏金 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镏金 / 鎦金 liú​jīn

    鎏金 liú​jīn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 镏金/鎦金 · liú​jīn · gold-plating — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镏金 / 鎦金

    liú​jīn

    gold-plating

    A traditional technique for gilding or gold-plating an object by applying a mixture of gold dissolved in mercury and heating it until the mercury evaporates; also used to describe objects plated this way.

    镏 (literal) → 镏/鎦 · liù · to plate 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · gold

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

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