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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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  *芲* | 芲* | *芲
old variant of
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蘤* | 蘤* | *蘤
variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
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
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
HSK 5
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / (dialect) wintersweet
HSK 6
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
cotton
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
lotus
HSK 7-9
spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:
camellia
puffed rice / popcorn
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
carving / decorative carved pattern / arabesque
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
cymbidium / orchid
snowflake
flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
rose
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
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
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
presbyopia
cauliflower / gonorrhea
sunflower
to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom
beautiful sisters
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton
jasmine
potted flower
to emboss / coining / knurling
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
ice crystal / frost (on windows)
hydrangea
to water the plants / to water the garden
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
chopped green onions
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
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
to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom
to blossom / see 著花|着花
to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
tears in the eyes
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
honeysuckle
(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
to spend recklessly / to waste money
white-edged morning glory
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
wildflower / woman of easy virtue
saffron (Crocus sativus)
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision
hops
rounded embroidery design
sunflower
display of fireworks and lanterns
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
woven pattern
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
to burst with joy
broom / furze (family Fabaceae)
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
(female) social butterfly; socialite / courtesan
dahlia (loanword)
lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
fry / newly hatched fish
chives (Allium tuberosum)
Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
spray (or sparks) of molten steel
balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie
primrose (Primula malacoides)
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata
to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
dahlia (loanword)
fickle (woman)
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
gifted or skillful writing
to embroider / to do embroidery
magnolia
title design

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