xiù cai
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
scholar
skillful writer
fine talent
huí cǎi
stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces)
to extract ore
extraction
to pull back
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
guān cai ráng zi
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
huī cài
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant