"蝴蝶" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hú dié butterfly / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Results beginning with 蝴蝶
 hú dié jié bow / bowknot
 hú dié huā iris / Iris tectorum
 hú dié quǎn papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
 hú dié jiǎo hinge
 hú dié qín same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
 hú dié sū crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles
 hú dié lǐng jié bow tie
 hú dié xiào yìng butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
Approximate Results for 蝴蝶
 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
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