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

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