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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
old variant of
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
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
peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
HSK 5
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect)
HSK 6
cotton
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
lotus
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
snowflake
morning glory
cymbidium / orchid
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
blue and white (porcelain)
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
sunflower
honeysuckle
magnolia
to emboss / coining / knurling
chopped green onions
flower arranging / ikebana
camellia
flowery
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
puffed rice / popcorn
appliqué / decalcomania
kapok (tree)
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
ice crystal / frost (on windows)
to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
daffodil / narcissus / CL:
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
carving / decorative carved pattern / arabesque
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
attractive policewoman / young female cop
tears in the eyes
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
fireworks
sunflower
paper cutting
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
saffron (Crocus sativus)
to spend recklessly / to waste money
fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
shining white
(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:
gifted or skillful writing
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
to water the plants / to water the garden
to embroider / to do embroidery
dahlia (loanword)
cross-stitch (embroidery)
spray (or sparks) of molten steel
Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
hops
fickle (woman)
frost forming a pattern on a surface / rime
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
cauliflower / gonorrhea
Wanghua district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
wildflower / woman of easy virtue
potted flower
paper 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
wood shavings
grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
presbyopia
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
corsage / boutonnière
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
display of fireworks and lanterns
popcorn
lilac daphne / Daphne genkwa
candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
blurred vision of an old person (idiom)
dim (eyesight) / blurred (vision)
woven pattern
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
to write elegantly

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