珠流璧转 — Chinese idiom
珠流璧转
zhū liú bì zhuǎn
Traditional: 珠流璧轉
Meaning
- lit. pearl flows, jade moves on ; fig. the passage of time
- water under the bridge
Character by character
- 珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 璧bìa jade annulus
- 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
Idioms sharing a character
- 不吝珠玉 bù lìn zhū yù
- 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū
- 妙语如珠 miào yǔ rú zhū
- 妙语连珠 miào yǔ lián zhū
- 字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù
- 字字珠玑 zì zì zhū jī
- 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū
- 数珠念佛 shǔ zhū niàn fó
- 明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu
- 智珠在握 zhì zhū zài wò
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