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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
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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
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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
sea of flowers; expanse of flowers
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
rapeseed flower; canola flower
(idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
fragrance of flowers
the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
expert flower grower
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  *旺* | 旺* | *旺
prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring
HSK 7-9
paper flower
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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  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:) / rose flower (CL:)
HSK 7-9
flower arranging / ikebana
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
flowers and plants
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
(of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful
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  *梅* | 梅* | *梅
plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
flower
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
hermaphrodite flower
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
blooming / in full flower
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
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
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
fickle in love; unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
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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
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
bud / flower bud
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  *英* | 英* | *英
hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car)
lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton
sunken flower-bed
flowers and trees / plants / flora
flower grower
hyacinth (flower)
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
inflorescence / flower cluster
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  *苞* | 苞* | *苞
bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse
hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse)
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  *冧* | 冧* | *冧
(Cantonese) to topple / to collapse / to coax / flower bud
exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish
lit. springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom) / fig. a time of renewal and flourishing
flower bud
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers / to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring
Cryptogamae / cryptogamous plant (botany) / plants such as algae 藻類|藻类, moss 苔蘚|苔藓 and fern 蕨類|蕨类 that reproduce by spores 孢子 in place of flowers
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings
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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
myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful
lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) / fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another
(botany) alae; wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower)
Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
flower shop
stem of flower
flower pot
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  *萼* | 萼* | *萼
calyx of a flower
to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom
passion flower
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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
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
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
(coll.) flower bud
lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love
lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers / superficial display (idiom)
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
to enjoy the flowers on a spring outing (idiom)
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt

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