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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
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  *花* | 花* | *花
variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
HSK 4
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  *盆* | 盆* | *盆
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 and 8 , approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *吐* | 吐* | *吐
to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)
HSK 5
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  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
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  *摘* | 摘* | *摘
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need
HSK 5
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:) / rose flower (CL:)
HSK 7-9
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
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  *旺* | 旺* | *旺
prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring
HSK 7-9
blooming / in full flower
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
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  *掐* | 掐* | *掐
to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
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  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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  *梅* | 梅* | *梅
plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
hyacinth (flower)
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
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  *术* | 术* | *术
various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
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  *柄* | 柄* | *柄
handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
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  *英* | 英* | *英
hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
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  *菁* | 菁* | *菁
leek flower / lush / luxuriant
flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
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  *华* | 华* | *华
old variant of / flower
flowers and plants
fragrance of flowers
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
flower pot
painting of birds and flowers
to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers)
flower arranging / ikebana
hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car)
flower
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
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  *萼* | 萼* | *萼
calyx of a flower
exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish
flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
flower bud
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  *扦* | 扦* | *扦
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
inflorescence / flower cluster
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
flower fair or festival
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
flower shop
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
floriculture; art of flower arrangement
fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub
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  *葩* | 葩* | *葩
corolla of flower
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  *钿* | 钿* | *钿
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
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  *苞* | 苞* | *苞
bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse
(coll.) flower bud
fickle in love; unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
bud / flower bud
all flowers / all beauties / all talents
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
flowers and trees / plants / flora
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy
lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
flower grower
lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) / fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another
potted flower
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
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  *蕤* | 蕤* | *蕤
fringe / overladen with flowers
paper flower
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  *檵* | 檵* | *檵
fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub
lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
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  *鬘* | 鬘* | *鬘
(of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament
stem of flower
stamen (male part of flower)
club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
receptacle (base of flower)
cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata

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