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玉石

yù shí
Rare

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Definitions

  1. 1. jade
  2. 2. jade and stone
  3. 3. (fig.) the good and the bad

Words Containing 玉石

玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén

to burn both jade and common stone

鼎铛玉石
dǐng chēng yù shí

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material

Child Words of 玉石

玉
yù

jade

石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

石
shí

rock