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Trad. 宣紙
- fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Trad. 仿紙
- copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice)
Trad. 紙火鍋
- paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
Trad. 紙黃金
- gold contract
- special drawing right (SDR)
- paper gold (finance)
Trad. 方格紙
- squared paper
- graph paper
- grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
Trad. 糯米紙
- rice paper
- membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
Trad. 毛邊紙
- fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc
- also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1]
Trad. 洛陽紙貴
- lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
- fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
Trad. 紙短情長
- (idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings
Trad. 紙醉金迷
- lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
Trad. 一紙空文
- a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Trad. 躍然紙上
- to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
- to stand out markedly
Trad. 敬惜字紙
- to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
Trad. 金迷紙醉
- lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
Trad. 鑽故紙堆
- to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
Trad. 紙上談兵
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
- fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
- armchair strategist
- idle theorizing
- cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
Trad. 紙人紙馬
- paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
Trad. 紙包飲品
- juice box
- drink in a carton
- Tetra Pak drink
Trad. 紙包不住火
- the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever