試金石

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See also: 试金石

Chinese

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to test; to try; experiment
to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
 
metal; gold; money rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (試金石)
simp. (试金石)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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試金石

  1. touchstone
  2. (figurative) acid test

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
きん
Grade: 1
せき
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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()(きん)(せき) (shikinseki

  1. touchstone
  2. test case, a test
    • 1913, 阿部次郎, 三太郎の日記 第一:
      (よう)するに貧乏人(びんぼうにん)創造(そうぞう)金持(かねもち)よりも(きび)しい試金石(しきんせき)にかけられてゐる。
      Yōsuru ni binbōnin no sōzō wa kanemochi yori mo kibishii shikinseki ni kakerareteiru.
      In a word, the poor man endures a harsher test through his creation than a rich man.