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金钗
  • [jīnchāi]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

金钗 [jīnchāi]
  1. 1. noun A golden ornament that was used to fix hair by women in ancient time. It consists of two sticks.
    那个女孩头上戴着一枝金钗。
    The girl wears a gold hairpin.
  2. 2. noun [classical Chinese] It refers to women (in a rich family).
    宰相家的金钗十分刁蛮任性。
    The daughter of the prime minister in feudal China was very willful and unreasonable.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

金钗 [jīnchāi]
  1. 1. 名 古代妇女用来固定发髻的金制首饰,双股长针形。
  2. 2. 名 [文] 借指妇女(多指富贵人家)
    红楼十二金钗。
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Examples

金钗
a gold hairpin → 钗
那个女孩头上戴着一枝金钗。
The girl wears a gold hairpin. → 金钗
宰相家的金钗十分刁蛮任性。
The daughter of the prime minister in feudal China was very willful and unreasonable. → 金钗
金钗 → 钗

Word Decomposition

金
[jīn] 		+ 钗
[chāi]

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