fū

砆

Character · Noun

see "wǔfū"; stone resembling jade

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

uncarved jade; stone resembling jade but inferior; (used chiefly in the compound 碔砆 wǔfū)

literary

This character is rarely used independently; it almost always appears in the compound 碔砆 (wǔfū), which refers to uncarved jade or a stone that looks like jade but is not genuine. Metaphorically, it can describe unpolished talent or a situation where the genuine and fake are mixed together.

Wǔ碔
fū砆
hùn混
yú于
bǎo宝
yù玉
zhī之
jiān间
 ,
nán难
yǐ以
biàn辨
bié别
zhēn真
wěi伪
 。

Uncarved jade is mixed among precious gems, making it difficult to distinguish the genuine from the fake.

Zhè这
kuài块
shí石
tou头
kàn看
sì似
měi美
yù玉
 ,
qí其
shí实
bù不
guò过
shì是
yī一
kuài块
fū砆
 。

This stone looks like beautiful jade, but it is actually just an inferior stone resembling jade.

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Wén文
zhāng章
zhōng中
wǔ碔
fū砆
hù互
jiàn见
 ,
xū需
yào要
dú读
zhě者
zǐ仔
xì细
zhēn甄
bié别
 。

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