"Blossom" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 huā variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
 zhàn fàng to blossom
 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / fig. to burst open / to feel happy or elated / new development grows out
 chū luò to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom
 yīng hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
 qún huā blossom
 zhuó huā to blossom / see 著花|着花[zhao2 hua1]
 zháo huā to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom
 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
 yīng huā oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
 méi huā plum blossom / clubs &clubs / (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect)
 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
 biàn dì kāi huā to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale
 Táo huā Shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
 hàn lotus blossom
 liǔ yān huā wù lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom) / scene full of the delights of spring
 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
 fú róng chū shuǐ lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom) / fig. to blossom (of poem or art)
 lí huā dài yǔ lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
 Kǒng Shàng rèn Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]
 méi huā quán Meihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
 huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
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