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贴金

tiē jīn

2-character word Traditional 貼金

What 贴金 means

1. to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild
2. (fig.) to prettify; to glorify

The characters in 贴金

• 贴tiēto stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog)
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Words containing 贴金

• 脸上贴金liǎn shàng tiē jīn(lit.) to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom); (fig.) to talk up…

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