The quality of gold and jade
Jinyuqizhi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NY ù Q í zh ì, which means high quality. It's from Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
The origin of Idioms
The first chapter of Li Ruzhen's Jing Hua Yuan in Qing Dynasty: "not only gold and jade, but also ice and snow."
The quality of gold and jade
to return a thing intact to its owner - quán bì guī zhào
reference to a fight among brothers - zhǔ dòu rán qí
the purple air comes from the east -- a propitious omen - zǐ qì dōng lái
hold down a job without doing a stroke of work - shī wèi sù cān
accumulate old habit becomes custom - jī xí chéng sú
have endured the hardships of a long journey - yī lù fēng chén