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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
garden / CL: , 個|个
HSK 2
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
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
decorative design
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash
garland / floral hoop
bud / flower bud
the teeming world / the world of sensual pleasures
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
American ginseng
printed cloth / calico
flowers and plants
fragrance of flowers
fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰 figure skating)
granite
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
flower pot
painting of birds and flowers
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
pollen
scented tea / CL: , 壺|壶
bouquet
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
Huatan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
flower
to spend (money) / expenses
to spend money
bits of news / interesting sidelights
stamen / pistil
flower fair or festival
grizzled (hair)
Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong / alternative name for Paris
greenhouse
flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
playboy
car festooned for celebration
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season
perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol
flower bud
wreath / garland
flowerbed / parterre
beggar (old term)
inflorescence / flower cluster
granite
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
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
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
firecracker
perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower
bridal sedan chair
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
flower shop
the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
gardener
sepal
floriculture; art of flower arrangement
tabby cat; calico cat
corolla
cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub
nectar
brightly colored decorations (idiom) / splendid
(coll.) flower bud
cauliflower
drinking party with female entertainers
patches / mottling
Huayuan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
the flowering season
fickle in love; unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
Shaoxing yellow wine
trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
Huashan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
flowers and trees / plants / flora
lace / decorative border
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
stalk (filament) of stamen
foil (fencing)
to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery
fancy suiting
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
flower grower
to be smitten with sb / love-struck fool / starry-eyed infatuation

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