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[1] [n] flower; blossom [2] a flowering plant [3] [n] prostitute; prostitution [4] used in smallpox [5] varicolored [6] fireworks [7] [v] spend; expend Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 艸 (#140)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 42657 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43 |
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曇花一現 taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6 = lit. the night blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived 曇花 taam4 / faa1 = Dutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)'; broad leaf Epiphyllum flower 菜花 coi3 faa1 = cauliflower 雪花 syut3 faa1 = snowflake 開花 hoi1 faa1 = to bloom, to blossom 花生 faa1 sang1 = peanut 花園 faa1 jyun4*2 = garden 花卉 faa1 wai2 = flowers, flowering plants 風車花 fung1 ce1 faa1 = passionflower 淋花 lam4 faa1 = water the garden 粵 See all 344 compounds (CantoDict reports 354 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 花
玫瑰花好多簕。 粵
Roses are full of thorns. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135492,135495#msg-135495]
你哋會唔會有啲火花呀? 粵 ?!
Show all 16 examplesAre there ever sparks between you? [Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |