all the tea in China
Something very valuable or priceless.
I wouldn't trade you away for all the tea in China.
china
/ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
noun 10name 6
Collocations
8(noun.) hard white substance
ADJ
fine
bone
My grandmother's bone china teacups are too delicate to use every day.
VERB + CHINA
be made of
CHINA + NOUN
cup, dish, etc. | clay
(noun.) cups/plates, made of china
ADJ
best
My grandmother always brings out her best china when the family comes for Sunday dinner.
broken, cracked
QUANT
set
Definitions
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1
A cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.
China has 5000 years of history.
The great China, whose kyng is thought... the greatest prince in the worlde.
2
A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
'Only a Nixon' Could Go to China
2017, Donald J. Trump, speech at Make America Great Again Rally, Harrisburg, PA And I met with the President of China at great length in Florida, and we had long, long talks—hours and hours and hours.
3
Synonym of mainland China.
The gambling winnings were transferred from Macau to China.
4
China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation
It will not change the historical and legal facts that there is only one China in the world.
5
Any of the empires occupying similar territory to that of the modern nation of China, ruled under various dynasties up through the early 20th century.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
2
A Chinese person.
3
Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
4
Clipping of China rose, various flowers.
5
Clipping of China tea.
name
1
A town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
According to the town of China, if all students commuting by motorcycles switched to electric ones, carbon emissions could be reduced to under one-fourth of the current amount.
The two towns on the island, China (pronounced chee-nah) and Wadomari, along with neighboring Tokunoshima island, each have different dialects.
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Idioms & Phrases
price of tea in China
Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur, or that someone unaware of it is ignorant, etc.
What does the president's latest tweet have to do with the price of tea in China?
made in China
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
bull in a china shop
A person who is clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
The various plotters and counterplotters go their devious ways, proceeding with all the subtlety of bulls in china shops, but we never do learn what the plot is all about.
China syndrome
A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) t
The Ergen report contains an analysis showing that the high-temperature mass would sink into the earth and grow in size for about two years. […] This behavior projection is known a
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China has 5000 years of history.
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The great China, whose kyng is thought... the greatest prince in the worlde.
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All China is divided into 15 Provinces, which are bigger than large Kingdoms.
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According to the town of China, if all students commuting by motorcycles switched to electric ones, carbon emissions could be reduced to under one-fourth of the current amount.
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The two towns on the island, China (pronounced chee-nah) and Wadomari, along with neighboring Tokunoshima island, each have different dialects.
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It's a china doll.
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