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[寸金難買寸光陰] cùnjīnnánmǎicùnguāngyīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
Time is precious.

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        yīngcùn, inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
        cùn, a unit of length/inch/thumb
        chǐcun, size/dimension/measurement
        shǒuwúcùntiě, [手無寸鐵], lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
        décùnjìnchǐ, [得寸進尺], lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains/give ...
        cùnbùbùlí, [寸步不離], to follow sb closely (idiom)/to keep close to
        fēncun, propriety/appropriate behavior/proper speech or action/within the norms
        
        cùnbùnánxíng, [寸步難行], unable to move a single step (idiom)/to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        
        fāngcùn, square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)/heart/mind
        shǔmùcùnguāng, short-sighted
        gānchángcùnduàn, [肝腸寸斷], lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)/fig. grief-stricken
        cùntóu, [寸頭], (male hair style) crew cut/butch cut
        cùnbùbùràng, [寸步不讓], (idiom) not to yield an inch
        
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        cùntǔcùnjīn, land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
        

        Jīn/jīn, surname Jin/surname Kim (Korean)/Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234), gold/chemical ...
        xiànjīn, [現金], cash
        Měijīn, US dollar/USD
        jīnshǔ, [金屬], metal/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        jīnfà, [金髮], blond/blonde/fair-haired
        zījīn, [資金], funds/funding/capital
        jījīn, fund
        huángjīn, [黃金], gold/golden (opportunity)/prime (time)
        jīnqián, [金錢], money/currency
        jiǎngjīn, [獎金], premium/award money/bonus
        Jiùjīnshān, [舊金山], San Francisco, California
        Jīnzǐ/jīnzi, Kaneko (Japanese surname), gold
        jiǎngxuéjīn, [獎學金], scholarship/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
        jīnsè, golden/gold (color)
        jījīnhuì, [基金會], foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
        shújīn, [贖金], ransom
        
        zūjīn, rent
        jīnróng, banking/finance/financial
        jīnqiāngyú, [金槍魚], tuna
        jīnpái, gold medal/CL:枚[méi]
        jīnkù, [金庫], treasury
        jīnbì, [金幣], gold coin
        Jīngāng/jīngāng, [金剛], King Kong, diamond/(used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythica...
        báijīn, platinum/silver/(slang) handcuffs
        
        jīnzìtǎ, pyramid (building or structure)
        yǎnglǎojīn, [養老金], pension
        jīné, [金額], sum of money/monetary value
        jīnyú, [金魚], goldfish
        
        Jīnmén, [金門], Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan/Jinmen cou...
        yòngjīn, commission
        héjīn, alloy
        zhòngjīnshǔ, [重金屬], heavy metal
        jīnkuàng, [金礦], gold mine/gold ore
        Yóujīn, Eugene (name)
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        dìngjīn, down payment/advance payment
        péichángjīn, [賠償金], compensation
        wǔjīndiàn, hardware store/ironmonger's store
        yājīn, deposit/down payment
        jīnsīquè, [金絲雀], canary
        yùjīnxiāng, [鬱金香], tulip
        chóujīn, monetary reward/remuneration
        fájīn, [罰金], fine/to forfeit
        qiānjīn, thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold/money and riches/(honorific) invaluable (support...
        
        táojīn, to pan for gold/to try to make a fortune
        
        fǔxùjīn, [撫恤金], compensation payment (for injury)/relief payment
        Jīnxīng/jīnxīng, Venus (planet), gold star/stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
        BāJīn, Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家, 春, 秋
        
        chúnjīn, [純金], pure gold
        JīnZhèngrì, Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011
        
        shuìjīn, [稅金], tax money/tax due
        bǎozhèngjīn, [保證金], earnest money/cash deposit/bail/margin (in derivative trading)
        Pàjīnsēn, Parkinson (name)
        
        
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        xīnjīn, salary/wage
        liànjīnshù, [煉金術], alchemy
        jīnyín, [金銀], gold and silver
        jīntiáo, [金條], gold bar
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        dìngjīn, [訂金], an initial payment/earnest money/deposit
        
        jīnguī, [金龜], tortoise/scarab beetle
        
        
        zhòngjīn, huge money/extremely rich/very expensive
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        diǎnshíchéngjīn, [點石成金], to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing int...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        gùruòjīntāng, [固若金湯], secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom...
        
        
        yǎnmàojīnxīng, to see stars/dazed
        
        huángjīnshídài, [黃金時代], golden age
        
        
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        jīnwén, inscription in bronze/bell-cauldron inscription
        
        
        yīzhìqiānjīn, [一擲千金], lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money r...
        
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        jīnbó, gold leaf
        Huòjīn, Hawkins or Hawking/Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), English theoretical physicist
        
        
        jīnhuáng, [金黃], golden yellow/golden
        
        
        jīnkēyùlǜ, golden rule/key principle
        huángjīnfēngē, [黃金分割], golden ratio/golden section
        Jīnniúzuò, Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
        
        Jīndōng, [金東], Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市[Jīn huá shì], Zhejiang
        
        
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        lǚhéjīn, [鋁合金], aluminum alloy
        
        
        
        
        
        Jīnbiān, [金邊], Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
        jīnróngjiā, financier/banker
        
        
        zhùxuéjīn, [助學金], student grant/education grant/scholarship
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        huǒyǎnjīnjīng, piercing eyes/discerning eyes
        jīngūbàng, golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記...
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        liúdòngzījīn, [流動資金], money in circulation/fluid funds
        wànjīnyóu, [萬金油], Tiger Balm (medicine)/jack of all trades (and master of none)(slang)
        jīnyùliángyán, gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
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        wéiyuējīn, [違約金], penalty (fee)
        
        
        jīnjiǎng, [金獎], gold medal/first prize
        Jīntǎ, Jinta county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
        
        
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        zhǐzuìjīnmí, [紙醉金迷], lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
        
        
        
        
        yīnuòqiānjīn, [一諾千金], a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
        
        
        
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        zhìnàjīn, [滯納金], overdue fine/late fine
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        běnjīn, capital/principal
        
        
        dùjīn, [鍍金], to gold-plate/to gild/(fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
        
        
        
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        Jīnlíng, pre-Han name for Nanjing/common place name
        jīnróngjiè, banking circles/the world of finance
        
        
        
        jīnjú, kumquat/also written 金桔[jīn jú]
        
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        jīnbìhuīhuáng, [金碧輝煌], gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom)/fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal pal...
        lǐjīn, [禮金], monetary gift
        
        
        
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        Jīnsīdūn, Kingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines/Kingston, capital of Jama...
        jīngāngshí, [金剛石], diamond/also called 鑽石|钻石[zuàn shí]
        Āiěrjīn, [埃爾金], James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China w...
        
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        jīnguīzǐ, [金龜子], scarab (Scarabeus sacer)/beetle
        
        
        jīnchántuōqiào, [金蟬脫殼], lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shel...
        
        Ātèjīnsī, Atkins (name)
        jīnjī, [金雞], golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
        
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        Jīnbǎo, [金寶], Campbell (name)/Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia
        
        
        jīnqiū, fall/autumn
        
        
        
        
        jīntóngyùnǚ, lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)/attendants of the Daoist immortals/fig...
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        Pǔxījīn, Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet
        
        
        GuójìHuòbìJījīnZǔzhī, [國際貨幣基金組織], International Monetary Fund (IMF)
        Xiǎojīn, Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous...
        
        
        
        Tuōěrjīn, [托爾金], J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction su...
        
        
        
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        jīnróngyè, [金融業], financial sector/the banking business
        Jīnyáng, [金陽], Jinyang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liáng shān ...
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        jīnjú, kumquat
        Jīnchāng, Jinchang prefecture-level city in Gansu
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        jīnshí, metal and stone/fig. hard objects/inscription on metal or bronze
        
        
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        jīncàncàn, [金燦燦], golden-bright and dazzling
        
        
        
        
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        niánjīn, annuity/pension/superannuation
        
        
        
        zújīn, pure gold/solid gold
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jīnsīyàn, [金絲燕], Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini t...
        
        
        
        Jīnshāsà, [金沙薩], Kinshasa, capital of Zaire
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        diǎnjīnshù, [點金術], Midas touch/golden touch
        
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        jīnchìquè, (bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
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        xiǎojīnkù, [小金庫], supplementary cash reserve/private fund/private hoard/slush fund
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        jīnbǎngtímíng, [金榜題名], to win top marks in the imperial examinations
        jīnqiánbào, [金錢豹], leopard
        
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        Báijīnhànjùn, [白金漢郡], Buckinghamshire (English county)
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        bàijīnzhǔyì, [拜金主義], money worship
        
        
        
        
        
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        guìjīnshǔ, [貴金屬], precious metal
        
        JīnŌu, [金甌], Ca Mau, Vietnam
        
        
        
        
        
        Jīnshā, Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bì jié dì qū], Guizhou/Chinsha town ...
        
        
        
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        kāijīn, [開金], carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
        
        
        
        
        
        Zǐjīn, Zijin county in Heyuan 河源[Hé yuán], Guangdong
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        huángjīnwū, [黃金屋], lit. house made of gold/fig. luxurious residence
        
        fēijīnshǔ, [非金屬], nonmetal (chemistry)
        
        
        
        
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        yějīnxué, [冶金學], metallurgy
        HuángjīnHǎiàn, [黃金海岸], name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (forme...
        
        
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        HòuJīn, [後金], Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-)/Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing ...
        
        
        
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        jīnlǐng, [金領], gold collar/high-level senior executive/highly-skilled worker
        bāojīn, to gild/(old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater
        
        
        
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        bàijīn, to worship money/to be mad about money
        
        
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        jīnwū, [金烏], Golden Crow/the sun/the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
        
        
        
        
        
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        jiǎnjīnshǔ, [鹼金屬], alkali metal
        
        
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        jīnlán, [金蘭], profound friendship/sworn brotherhood
        
        
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        shíjīnbùmèi, to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        nán/nàn, [難], difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good, disaster/distress/to sc...
        nándào, [難道], don't tell me .../could it be that...?
        kùnnan, [困難], difficult/challenging/straitened circumstances/difficult situation
        nányǐzhìxìn, [難以置信], hard to believe/incredible
        nánguò, [難過], to feel sad/to feel unwell/(of life) to be difficult
        nányǐ, [難以], hard to (predict, imagine etc)
        jiānnán, [艱難], difficult/hard/challenging
        zāinàn, [災難], disaster/catastrophe
        nánkān, [難堪], hard to take/embarrassed
        nánshòu, [難受], to feel unwell/to suffer pain/to be difficult to bear
        nánguài, [難怪], (it's) no wonder (that...)/(it's) not surprising (that)
        nánwàng, [難忘], unforgettable
        nándù, [難度], trouble/problem
        
        nánguān, [難關], difficulty/crisis
        wéinán, [為難], to feel embarrassed or awkward/to make things difficult (for someone)/to find th...
        nándé, [難得], seldom/rare/hard to come by
        nántí, [難題], difficult problem
        bìnànsuǒ, [避難所], refuge/asylum
        nànmín, [難民], refugee
        kǔnàn, [苦難], suffering
        nánwéiqíng, [難為情], embarrassed
        yùnàn, [遇難], to perish/to be killed
        nánmiǎn, [難免], hard to avoid/difficult to escape from/will inevitably
        bìnàn, [避難], refuge/to take refuge/to seek asylum (political etc)
        nánwén, [難聞], unpleasant smell/stink
        nánkàn, [難看], ugly/unsightly
        nányǐrěnshòu, [難以忍受], hard to endure/unbearable
        mónàn, [磨難], a torment/a trial/tribulation/a cross (to bear)/well-tried
齿         nányǐqǐchǐ, [難以啟齒], to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)/to find it hard to speak about sth
        qiānzǎinánféng, [千載難逢], extremely rare (idiom)/once in a blue moon
        
        shòunàn, [受難], to suffer a calamity/to suffer (e.g. under torture)/distress
退         jìntuìliǎngnán, [進退兩難], no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma/trapp...
        nànmínyíng, [難民營], refugee camp
        
        nánchī, [難吃], unpalatable
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        zénàn, [責難], to censure
        nánchu, [難處], trouble/difficulty/problem
        wēinàn, [危難], calamity
        nánbǎo, [難保], hard to say/can't guarantee/difficult to protect/difficult to preserve
        nántīng, [難聽], unpleasant to hear/coarse/vulgar/offensive/shameful
        diāonàn, [刁難], to be hard on sb/to deliberately make things difficult
        kōngnàn, [空難], air crash/aviation accident or incident
        nándǎo, [難倒], to baffle/to confound/to stump
        yīyánnánjìn, [一言難盡], hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succ...
        
        zàisuǒnánmiǎn, [在所難免], to be unavoidable (idiom)
        nánchǎn, [難產], difficult birth/(fig.) difficult to achieve
        nándǒng, [難懂], difficult to understand
        
        huànnàn, [患難], trials and tribulations
        
        liǎngnán, [兩難], dilemma/quandary/to face a difficult choice
        
        dànànbùsǐ, [大難不死], to just escape from calamity
        
        fānàn, [發難], to rise in revolt/to raise difficult questions
        
        luònàn, [落難], to meet with misfortune/to fall into dire straits
        qiǎngrénsuǒnán, [強人所難], to force someone to do something
        nányánzhīyǐn, [難言之隱], a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)/sth too embarrassing to mention/an emba...
        hǎinàn, [海難], perils of the sea
        qǐnshínánān, [寢食難安], lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)/fig. extremely worried and troubled
        xùnnàn, [殉難], to sacrifice oneself in a just cause/a victim of a disaster
        chūnántí, [出難題], to raise a tough question
        qíhǔnánxià, [騎虎難下], if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfw...
        fànnán, [犯難], to feel embarrassed/to feel akward
        
        jiénàn, [劫難], calamity
        nándiǎn, [難點], difficulty
        
        
        yínán, [疑難], hard to understand/difficult to deal with/knotty/complicated
        nánshàngjiānán, [難上加難], extremely difficult/even more difficult
        
        cùnbùnánxíng, [寸步難行], unable to move a single step (idiom)/to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
        
        sǐnànzhě, [死難者], victim of an accident/casualty/martyr for one's country
        
        miǎnwéiqínán, [勉為其難], to tackle a difficult job (idiom)/to do sth reluctantly
        táonàn, [逃難], to run away from trouble/to flee from calamity/to be a refugee
        
        
        
        nánnéngkěguì, [難能可貴], rare and precious/valuable/remarkable
        gāonán, [高難], extremely difficult/hard and dangerous/challenging
        línàn, [罹難], to die in an accident or disaster/to be killed
        jiānnánxiǎnzǔ, [艱難險阻], untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
退         zhīnánértuì, [知難而退], to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back ...
        sǐnàn, [死難], to die in an accident/to die for a just cause
        fēinàn, [非難], reproof/blame
        
        jiùnán, [救難], to rescue/rescue (operation, workers)
        wànnán, [萬難], countless difficulties/extremely difficult/against all odds
        duōzāiduōnàn, [多災多難], to be plagued with misfortunes/precarious
        nánshěnánfēn, [難捨難分], loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
        qìngzhúnánshū, [罄竹難書], so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted/innumerable crimes (idiom)/see...
        páiyōujiěnàn, [排憂解難], to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
        shòunànzhě, [受難者], sufferer/a victim of a calamity/a person in distress
        nánwei, [難為], to bother/to press sb, usu. to do sth/it's a tough job/sorry to bother you (poli...
        zāonàn, [遭難], to run into misfortune
        
        
        
        chāchìnánfēi, [插翅難飛], lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
        
        
        
        
        nánxiōngnándì/nànxiōngnàndì, [難兄難弟], lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)/fig. one is...
        gūzhǎngnánmíng, [孤掌難鳴], It's hard to clap with only one hand./It takes two to tango/It's difficult to ac...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        huànnànzhījiāo, [患難之交], a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed
        
        jínàn, [急難], misfortune/crisis/grave danger/critical situation/disaster/emergency/to be zealo...
        
        nánjiěnánfēn, [難解難分], hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom); inextricably involved/locked in battle
        
        
        nánshěnánlí, [難捨難離], loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
        
        

        mǎi, [買], to buy/to purchase
        mǎimài, [買賣], buying and selling/business/business transactions/CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]
        gòumǎi, [購買], to purchase/to buy
        mǎijiā, [買家], buyer/client
        shōumǎi, [收買], to purchase/to bribe
        Yámǎijiā, [牙買加], Jamaica
        Mèngmǎi, [孟買], Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
        mǎizhǔ, [買主], customer
        mǎitōng, [買通], to bribe
        mǎibuqǐ, [買不起], cannot afford/can't afford buying
        mǎijìn, [買進], to purchase/to buy in (goods)
        mǎifáng, [買房], to buy a house
        
        mǎizhàng, [買賬], variant of 買帳|买帐[mǎi zhàng]
        
        mǎifāng, [買方], buyer (in contracts)
        mǎirù, [買入], to buy (finance)
        zhāobīngmǎimǎ, [招兵買馬], to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army/fig. to expand...
        gòumǎizhě, [購買者], purchaser
        
        
        
        qiǎngmǎiqiǎngmài, [強買強賣], to force sb to buy or sell/to trade using coercion
        mǎiduàn, [買斷], to buy out/buyout/severance
        gòumǎilì, [購買力], purchasing power
        mǎijià, [買價], buying price
        
        
        cǎimǎi, [採買], to purchase/to buy/to do one's shopping/purchasing agent/buyer
        
        
        
        
        
        dǎomǎidǎomài, [倒買倒賣], to buy and sell at a profit/to speculate
        
        
        
        
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        guāng, light/ray/CL:道[dào]/bright/only/merely/to use up
        shíguāng, [時光], time/era/period of time
        yángguāng, [陽光], sunshine/CL:線|线[xiàn]/transparent (open to public scrutiny)
        guānglín, [光臨], (formal) to honor with one's presence/to attend
        dēngguāng, [燈光], (stage) lighting/light
        guāngmíng, light/radiance/(fig.) bright (prospects etc)/openhearted
        guāngróng, [光榮], honor and glory/glorious
        fāguāng, [發光], to shine
        yǎnguāng, gaze/insight/foresight/vision/way of looking at things
        bùguāng, not the only one/not only
线         guāngxiàn, [光線], light ray/CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]/light/illumination/lighting (for a photograph)
        bàoguāng, to expose (photography)/(fig.) to expose (a scandal)/(advertising) exposure/Taiw...
        jīguāng, laser
        mùguāng, sight/vision/view/gaze/look
        guāngmáng, rays of light/brilliant rays/radiance
        yuèguāng, moonlight
        shǎnguāng, [閃光], flash
        guāngcǎi, luster/splendor/radiance/brilliance
        tuōguāng, [脫光], to strip naked/to strip nude/(coll.) to find oneself a partner
        ěrguāng, a slap on the face/CL:記|记[jì]
        guāngsù, the speed of light
        guāngtóu, [光頭], shaven head/bald head/to go bareheaded/hatless
        
        guānghuī, [光輝], radiance/glory/brilliant/magnificent
        fēngguāng, [風光], scene/view/sight/landscape/to be well-regarded/to be well-off/grand (dialect)/im...
        
        guānguāng, [觀光], to tour/sightseeing/tourism
        guānggù, [光顧], to visit (as a customer)
        guānghuá, glossy/sleek/smooth
        jùguāngdēng, [聚光燈], spotlight
        xīngguāng, starlight
        guāngnián, light-year
        língguāng, [靈光], divine light (around the Buddha)/a halo/a miraculous column of light/(slang) jol...
        guāngtiānhuàrì, the full light of day (idiom)/fig. peace and prosperity/in broad daylight
        guāngmíngzhèngdà, (of a person) honorable/not devious/(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard/without ...
        rìguāng, sunlight
        guāngliàng, bright
        shǎnguāngdēng, [閃光燈], flash bulb (photography)
        rìguāngyù, sunbathing
        
        róngguānghuànfā, [容光煥發], face glowing (idiom); looking radiant/all smiles
        guānghuán, [光環], halo/ring of light
        zhúguāng, [燭光], candle light/candle-lit (vigil etc)/candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
        jīngguāng, nothing left (money, food etc)/all finished/bright and shiny/radiant/glorious
        shǔguāng, dawn/fig. the dawn of a new era
        guāngyīn, [光陰], time available
        guāngguāng, bright/shiny/smooth/naked/bald/penniless
        yíngguāng, [熒光], fluorescence/fluorescent
        shǎnguāngdiǎn, [閃光點], lit. flash point/crucial point/essential point
        Guāngzé/guāngzé, [光澤], Guangze county in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian, luster/gloss
        liàngguāng, light/beam of light/gleam of light/light reflected from an object
        jièguāng, excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)/reflected glory/to benefit from sb else'...
        guāngshù, light beam
        fǎnguāng, to reflect light
        qióngguāngdàn, [窮光蛋], poor wretch/pauper/destitute man/poverty-stricken peasant/penniless good-for-not...
        guāngxué, [光學], optics/optical (instrument)
        
        guāngzhào, illumination
        
        
        huǒguāng, flame/blaze
        guāngpǔ, [光譜], spectrum
        chūnguāng, scenes of springtime/the radiance of spring/(fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic...
        róngguāng, [榮光], glory
        guāngpán, [光盤], compact disc/CD or DVD/CD ROM/CL:片[piàn],張|张[zhāng]
        
        wēiguāng, glimmer
        guāngyuán, light source
        Dàoguāng, reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
        guāngcǎiduómù, [光彩奪目], dazzling/brilliant
        zhèngdàguāngmíng, just and honorable
        
        shǎngguāng, [賞光], to do sb the honor (of attending etc)/to put in an appearance/to show up
        guāngzǐ, photon (particle physics)
        guāngdié, optical disc/compact disc/CD/CD-ROM/CL:片[piàn],張|张[zhāng]
        guānggùn, gangster/hoodlum/a single person/bachelor
        
        běijíguāng, [北極光], Northern lights/aurora borealis
        pāoguāng, [拋光], to polish/to burnish
        guāngxiān, [光纖], optical fiber/fiber optics
        
        
        guānguāngkè, [觀光客], tourist
        mùguāngduǎnqiǎn, [目光短淺], to be shortsighted
        guāngshì, solely/just
        jīguāngqì, laser
        
        guāngjǐng, circumstances/scene/about/probably
耀         guāngyào, dazzling/brilliant
        qīngguāngyǎn, glaucoma
        
        Yǎngguāng, Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar (Burma), the national capital until...
        
        guāngjié, [光潔], bright and clean
        jíguāng, [極光], aurora (astronomy)
        diànguāng, [電光], electric light/lightning/electro-optical
        bàoguāng, exposure
        
        guāngbō, light wave
        yànguāng, [驗光], optometry/to examine the eyes
        guāngmínglěiluò, open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
        
        fāyángguāngdà, [發揚光大], to develop and promote/to carry forward/to bring to great height of development
        
        yīsǎoérguāng, [一掃而光], to clear off/to make a clean sweep of
        guāngquān, aperture/diaphragm/halo/aureole
        yíngguāngdēng, [熒光燈], fluorescent lamp/neon lamp
        
        
        
        guāngyǐng, light and shadow/sunlight and shade
        fǎnguāngjìng, [反光鏡], reflector (typically concave, as in a torch)/mirror (typically plane or convex)
        yúguāng, [餘光], (out of) the corner of one's eyes/peripheral vision/residual light/light of the ...
        yóuguāng, glossy/gleaming/shiny (due to greasiness)/slick/greasy/oily
        bèiguāng, to be in a poor light/to do sth with one's back to the light/to stand in one's o...
        zēngguāng, to add luster/to add glory
        
        
        
        
        guāngnéng, light energy (e.g. solar)
        guānghuá, [光華], brilliance/splendor/magnificence
        
        guāngxiān, [光鮮], bright and neat
        
        guāngguàilùlí, [光怪陸離], monstrous and multicolored/grotesque and variegated
        cǎiguāng, [採光], lighting/day lighting
        lèiguāng, [淚光], glistening teardrops
        móguāng, to polish
        
        guāngqì, [光氣], phosgene CÓCl, a poisonous gas/carbonyl chloride
        guānghézuòyòng, photosynthesis
        
        yuǎnguāngdēng, [遠光燈], high beam (headlights)
        
        
        
        guānglǎn, [光纜], optical cable
        guāngdiàn, [光電], photoelectric
        zǐwàiguāng, ultraviolet light
        guāngtūtū, [光禿禿], bald/bare
        
        guāngzhù, light beam/light pillar (atmospheric optics)
        
        
        guāngpǔyí, [光譜儀], spectrometer/spectrograph
        
        
        zhēngguāng, [爭光], to win an honor/to strive to win a prize
        gǎnguāng, light-sensitive
        
        Guāngfù/guāngfù, [光復], Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Huā lián Xiàn], east Taiwa...
        
        rìguāngdēng, [日光燈], fluorescent light
        línguāng, phosphorescence
        shǔmùcùnguāng, short-sighted
        
        guāngróngbǎng, [光榮榜], honor roll
        
        
        
        tòuguāng, transparent/translucent
        sèguāng, colored light
        
        yínguāng, [銀光], silvery light/bright white light/shining white light
        
        
        
        bōguāng, gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
        
        
        
        kějiànguāng, [可見光], visible light/light in optical spectrum
        
        Lánguāng, [藍光], Blu-ray (disc format)
        guāngmiàn, [光麵], plain noodles in broth
        
        
        liúguāngyìcǎi, lit. flowing light and overflowing color/brilliant lights and vibrant colors (id...
        
        wǔguāngshísè, bright and multicolored/of rich variety/(fig.) dazzling/glitzy
        
        
        guāngpǔfēnxī, [光譜分析], spectral analysis
        
        
        
        nìguāng, backlighting (lighting design)
        
        
        guāngdù, luminosity
        Guāngzhōu, Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川[Huáng chuān] in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan/Gwang...
        
        guāngbǐ, [光筆], light pen
        sǎnguāng/sànguāng, astigmatism/see also 散光[sàn guāng], to diffuse light/see also 散光[sǎn guāng]
        
        guāngbiāo, [光標], cursor (computing)
        piānzhènguāng, polarization of light/polarized light
        zhānguāng, to bask in the light/fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth/reflected g...
耀         guāngzōngyàozǔ, to bring honor to one's ancestors
        
        
        qūguāngdù, diopter
        zhéguāng, [摺光], refraction, refraction
        
        
        
        
        
        bàoguāngbiǎo, light meter/exposure meter
        yíngguāngpíng, [熒光屏], fluorescent screen/TV screen
        
        
        guāngdà, splendid/magnificent/abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhōng guó Guāng dà Yín háng], China...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        guāngbān, facula (astronomy)
        
        
        yèguāngdàn, [曳光彈], tracer ammunition/tracer
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        guāngdǎoxiānwéi, [光導纖維], optical fiber
        fúguānglüèyǐng, flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)/blurred scenery/cursory/superficial
        
        
        
        tāoguāngyǎnghuì, [韜光養晦], to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)/to hide one's light under...
        
        
        
        shēngguāng, to emit light
        
        
        
        
        guāngfúshè, [光輻射], light radiation
        
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        chūnguāngmíngmèi, lovely spring sunshine
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        dāoguāngxuèyǐng, massacre
        
        Dōngguāng, [東光], Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[Cāng zhōu], Hebei
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yóuguāngguāng, glossy/gleaming/shiny (due to greasiness)/slick/greasy/oily
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiáguāng, multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
        
        
        
        piānguāng, polarized light
        
        
        
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        guāngqū, [光驅], CD or DVD Drive/abbr. for 光盤驅動器|光盘驱动器
        húguāng, arc light
        
        
        

        yīnmóu, [陰謀], plot/conspiracy
        yīnyǐng, [陰影], (lit. and fig.) shadow
        Yīn/yīn, [陰]/[隂], surname Yin, overcast (weather)/cloudy/shady/Yin (the negative principle of Yin ...
        yīndào, [陰道], vagina
        yīnjīng, [陰莖], penis
        yīnàn, [陰暗], dim/dark/overcast/darkness/shadow/(fig.) dismal/gloomy/somber/murky/shadowy (sid...
        yīnxìng, [陰性], negative/feminine
        yīnxiǎn, [陰險], treacherous/sinister
        yīnyù, [陰鬱], gloomy
        guāngyīn, [光陰], time available
        yīnchén, [陰沉], gloomy
        yīnjiān, [陰間], the nether world/Hades
        yīnbù, [陰部], genitalia
        
        yīnyáng, [陰陽], yin and yang
        yīnànmiàn, [陰暗面], the dark side (of society etc)
        yīnmóujiā, [陰謀家], schemer/conspirator
        yīnhún, [陰魂], ghost/spirit
        yīnmái, [陰霾], haze
        yīndì, [陰蒂], clitoris
        yīnnáng, [陰囊], scrotum
        yīnsēn, [陰森], gloomy/sinister/eerie
        
        yīnlěng, [陰冷], gloomy and cold
        yīnhù, [陰戶], vulva
        yīnyún, [陰雲], dark cloud
        yīnróu, [陰柔], gentle and reserved/soft/feminine
        yīnliáng, [陰涼], shady
        yīntiān, [陰天], cloudy day/overcast sky
        yīnchénchén, [陰沉沉], dark (weather, mood)
        
        
        
        yīnlì, [陰曆], lunar calendar
        yīnyángguàiqì, [陰陽怪氣], eccentric/peculiar/mystifying
        yīnchāyángcuò, [陰差陽錯], (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
        shùyīn, [樹陰], shade (of a tree)
        yīnjí, [陰極], cathode/negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
        huìyīn, [會陰], perineum
        yīnxiǎndúlà, [陰險毒辣], treacherous and murderous
湿         yīnshī, [陰濕], dark and moist
        yīngōng, [陰功], hidden merits
        yīnfēng, [陰風], chill wind/(fig.) evil wind
        yīnmáo, [陰毛], pubic hair
        yīncáo, [陰曹], hell/the inferno
        
        yángfèngyīnwéi, [陽奉陰違], outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service/to agree overt...
        
        
        
        
        
        yīndú, [陰毒], sinister/insidious
        Yīnshān, [陰山], Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
        yīndé, [陰德], secret virtue
        
        
        
        
        yīnlízǐ, [陰離子], negative ion/anion (physics)

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