穿金戴玉

Chinese

to bore through; pierce; perforate
to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
 
 metal; gold; money
to put on; to respect; to bear
to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)
 
 jade
trad. (穿金戴玉) 穿 金 戴 玉
simp. #(穿金戴玉) 穿 金 戴 玉

Pronunciation

  • Hakka
    • (Changting)
      • Changting Pinyin: chung1 zheng1 dai4 niu5
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰuŋ³³ t͡ʃeŋ³³ tai⁵⁴ niəɯ²¹/

Idiom

穿金戴玉

  1. (Changting Hakka) to be gorgeously dressed and lavishly adorned

Synonyms

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “穿金带玉”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 87.
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