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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
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
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / (dialect) wintersweet
HSK 6
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually shallow, insincere and subtly competitive; fake besties; frenemies
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
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old variant of
HSK 1
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variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
cotton
HSK 7-9
peanut / CL:
HSK 6
broccoli
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
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surname Hua
peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
HSK 5
broccoli
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
fragrance of flowers
foil (fencing)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
white-edged morning glory
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
catkin (botany)
flower fair or festival
to spend (money) / expenses
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
HSK 6
kaleidoscope
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
peanut butter
jasmine
notorious rapist; serial rapist
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
to play tricks on sb
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
to spend money recklessly / to squander
the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
camellia
wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium
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. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
sunflower
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
sunflower (Helianthus annuus) / rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
to burst with joy
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
stamp duty
the girl is already taken (idiom)
flower arranging / ikebana
sika deer
a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
car festooned for celebration
growing flowers
garland / floral hoop
petal / CL:
HSK 7-9
playboy
pork belly / streaky pork
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
flowery
balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
flowers and plants
braces / curly brackets { }
garish / gaudy
grizzled (hair)
(of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
lotus
HSK 7-9
rose
nectar
to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
Citibank / abbr. to 花旗
flower
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
(female) social butterfly; socialite / courtesan
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis
decorative design
HSK 7-9
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived

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