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What 金 means in a Chinese namejīn

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金jīn · B
tier B

金属的通称；黄金。

Metal in general; gold in particular.

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金玉其相
金玉其相 What a thing is made of

追琢其章，金玉其相。

Cut and polished is its pattern; gold and jade is its substance.

诗经 · 棫朴 · our translation
The pattern is outside; the substance is gold and jade. A name takes the substance, not the money. 「相」是质：外面有雕琢的纹，里面是金玉的底。名字用「金」，取的是贵重与坚固，不是财。
金玉金石金声金和铄金金玉
In a name

Hard, and slow to change.

「金」在名字里是质地坚硬、久不变。

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