{ } n. (Min.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

颗

[颗 / 顆, kē, ㄎㄜ]classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, hearts, satellites etc#1604[Add to Longdo]

枚

[枚, méi, ㄇㄟˊ]classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc#2233[Add to Longdo]

珠宝

[珠宝 / 珠寶, zhū bǎo, ㄓㄨㄅㄠˇ]pearls; jewels; precious stones#7966[Add to Longdo]

连珠

[连珠 / 連珠, lián zhū, ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨ]joined as a string of pearls; in rapid succession; alignment; Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row#53010[Add to Longdo]

珠玉

[珠玉, zhū yù, ㄓㄨㄩˋ]pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person#64275[Add to Longdo]

对牛弹琴

[对牛弹琴 / 對牛彈琴, duì niú tán qín, ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ]to play the lute to a cow (成语 saw); fig. offering a treat to a unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head#66338[Add to Longdo]

采珠

[采珠 / 採珠, cǎi zhū, ㄘㄞˇ ㄓㄨ]to dive for pearls#123651[Add to Longdo]

琀

[琀, hán, ㄏㄢˊ]gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse#191753[Add to Longdo]

璪

[璪, zǎo, ㄗㄠˇ]pendant of pearls on coronet#249082[Add to Longdo]

鼎铛玉石

[鼎铛玉石 / 鼎鐺玉石, dǐng chēng yù shí, ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥㄩˋ ㄕˊ]lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (成语 saw); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine#800926[Add to Longdo]

皪

[皪, lì, ㄌㄧˋ]luster (of pearls)#1027054[Add to Longdo]

賏

[賏, yìng, ㄧㄥˋ]pearls or shells strung together[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Perle { f }; Muschelperle { f } | Perlen { pl } | Perlen vor die Säue werfen

pearl | pearls | to throw pearls before swine[Add to Longdo]

Zuchtperle { f } | Zuchtperlen { pl }

culture pearl | culture pearls[Add to Longdo]

mit Perlen bestickt

sewn with pearls[Add to Longdo]

Gitter-Orangefalterfisch { m }; Gelbschwanz-Falterfisch { m } (Chaetodon xanthurus) [ zool. ]

pearlscale butterfly[Add to Longdo]

Silberfalterfisch { m } (Chaetodon argentatus) [ zool. ]

black pearlscale butterfly[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

アミメチョウチョウウオ

[amimechouchouuo](n) pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]

マダガスカルバタフライフィッシュ

[madagasukarubatafuraifisshu](n) Seychelles butterflyfish (Chaetodon madagaskariensis); Madagascar butterflyfish; Indian Ocean chevron butterflyfish; pearlscale butterflyfish; pearly butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]

七宝

[しっぽう, shippou](n) (1) { Buddh } the 7 treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); (n, adj-no) (2) (See 七宝焼き) cloisonne[Add to Longdo]

真円真珠

[しんえんしんじゅ, shin'enshinju](n) cultured pearls[Add to Longdo]

人工真珠

[じんこうしんじゅ, jinkoushinju](n) artificial pearls[Add to Longdo]

人造真珠

[じんぞうしんじゅ, jinzoushinju](n) artificial pearls[Add to Longdo]

豚に真珠

[ぶたにしんじゅ, butanishinju](exp) (cast) pearls before swine[Add to Longdo]

猫に小判

[ねこにこばん, nekonikoban](exp) (to cast) pearls before swine; really big waste of resources[Add to Longdo]

宝の持ち腐れ

[たからのもちぐされ, takaranomochigusare](n) pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent[Add to Longdo]