| | flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful | HSK 1 |
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| | variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] | HSK 1 |
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| | flower / fresh flowers / CL: 朵 | HSK 4 |
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| | 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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| | basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个 | HSK 5 |
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| | 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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| | flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc | HSK 5 |
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| | 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 |
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| | flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) | HSK 6 |
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| | osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans | HSK 7-9 |
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| | flowers and plants | HSK 7-9 |
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| | prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight | HSK 7-9 |
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| | blooming / in full flower | HSK 7-9 |
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| | chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL: 棵) / rose flower (CL: 朵) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | reed catkin / reed flower | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc) | |
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| | lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful | |
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| | flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up | |
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| | hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom | |
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| | fringe / overladen with flowers | |
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| | page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) | |
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| | Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror | |
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| | to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton | |
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| | (of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid | |
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| | to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc) | |
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| | lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats | |
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| | leek flower / lush / luxuriant | |
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| | to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline; to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither | |
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| | lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily | |
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| | flower garden | |
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| | national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China) | |
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| | fragrance of flowers | |
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| | flower | |
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| | decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape | |
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| | flower shop | |
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| | flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub | |
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| | flowers and plants | |
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| | to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2] | |
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| | flower arranging / ikebana | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea | |
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| | flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers | |
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| | Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM | |
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| | old variant of 花 / flower | |
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| | lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss | |
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| | bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse | |
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| | potted flower | |
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| | cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | flower pot | |
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| | yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) | |
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| | to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower | |
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| | a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion); a rosy tint (on clouds, flowers or water) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | bud / flower bud | |
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| | to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom | |
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| | a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression | |
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| | lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers / to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom) | |
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| | hyacinth (flower) | |
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| | to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial) | |
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| | to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about | |
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| | wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life | |
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| | fickle in love; unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) | |
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| | lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women | |
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| | lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype | |
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| | exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish | |
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| | citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower) | |
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| | Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra | |
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| | plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) | |
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| | lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers | |
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| | lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism | |
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| | lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love | |
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| | stamen (male part of flower) | |
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| | Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) | |
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| | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) | |
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| | flower fair or festival | |
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| | lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world | |
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| | No flower can bloom for a hundred days. / Good times do not last long. (idiom) | |
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| | sunken flower-bed | |
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| | to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers) | |
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| | lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple | |
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| | cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata | |
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| | Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February | |
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| | flower grower | |
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| | the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan | |
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| | to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open | |
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| | (of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament | |
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| | exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) | |
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| | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) | |
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| | Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus) | |
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| | (idiom) (coll.) (of a flower etc) droopy; withered; (of a person) listless; dispirited | |
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| | paper flower | |
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| | flowers and trees / plants / flora | |
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| | flower bud | |
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| | perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower | |
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| | Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) | |
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