- lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom)
- fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
Characters
- 珠 (珠): bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 圆 (圓): circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 玉 (玉): jade
- 润 (潤): moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 珠圆玉润
- MDBG: 珠圆玉润
- Examples with 珠圆玉润 on Tatoeba
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