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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
old variant of
HSK 1
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variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
garden / CL: , 個|个
HSK 2
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
peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
HSK 5
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
HSK 6
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / (dialect) wintersweet
HSK 6
peanut / CL:
HSK 6
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
petal / CL:
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
cotton
HSK 7-9
decorative design
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
lotus
HSK 7-9
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
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surname Hua
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
garland / floral hoop
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
cymbidium / orchid
the teeming world / the world of sensual pleasures
snowflake
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
granite
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
ceiling
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
printed cloth / calico
flowers and plants
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
fragrance of flowers
fancy; showy; elaborate / (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰 "figure skating") / (Tw) floral formula (notation for representing the structure of flowers)
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
sunflower
Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记, tourist destination / (also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
flower pot
painting of birds and flowers
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
pollen
erhua variant of
scented tea / CL: , 壺|壶
bouquet
magnolia
flower arranging / ikebana
embroidered shoes
flower
to spend (money) / expenses
flowery
(news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
stamen / pistil
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong / alternative name for Paris
appliqué / decalcomania
greenhouse
flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
playboy
pork belly / streaky pork
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
kapok (tree)
youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol
ice crystal / frost (on windows)
to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
flower bud
daffodil / narcissus / CL:
wreath / garland
carving / decorative carved pattern / arabesque
flowerbed / parterre
beggar (old term)
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
to be smitten with sb / love-struck fool / starry-eyed infatuation
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
gaudy / flashy (but without substance)
garish / gaudy
attractive policewoman / young female cop
Honghuagang District of Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou

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