五花八门 (五花八門)
wǔ huā bā mén
Pinyin

Definition

五花八门 (五花八門)
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wǔ huā bā mén
  1. myriad
  2. all kinds of
  3. all sorts of

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
第五
dì wǔ
  1. 1 fifth
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你瞧这拿来的东西，还真是五花八门的。
nǐ qiáo zhè nálái de dōngxi ，hái zhēnshi wǔhuābāmén de 。
Just take a look at all sorts of things they brought.
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学生的问题真是五花八门。
xuésheng de wèntí zhēnshi wǔhuābāmén 。
There are all kinds of questions from students.
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五花八门
wǔhuābāmén
a variety of
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这家餐厅的菜五花八门，有印度菜、法国菜，还有德国菜。
zhè jiā cāntīng de cài wǔhuābāmén ，yǒu Yìndù cài 、Fǎguó cài ，háiyǒu Déguó cài 。
This restaurant has various cuisines. There’re Indian food, French food, and German food.
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我们网站上的中文课五花八门。
wǒmen wǎngzhàn shàng de Zhōngwén kè wǔhuābāmén 。
There are various Chinese lessons on our website.
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你知道吗，做老师的乐趣之一，就是每年新生报到的时候，可以看点名册上那些五花八门的名字，有些名字真的很有趣。
nǐ zhīdào ma ，zuò lǎoshī de lèqù zhīyī ，jiùshì měinián xīnshēng bàodào de shíhou ，kěyǐ kàn diǎnmíngcè shàng nàxiē wǔhuābāmén de míngzi ，yǒuxiē míngzi zhēnde hěn yǒuqù 。
You know what? One of the joys of being a teacher is that when new students sign up every year, you can look at the attendance list and see the variety of names. Some names are really funny!
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听起来还真是五花八门，什么都有。那你现在要去上什么课啊？
tīng qǐlai hái zhēn shì wǔhuābāmén ，shénme dōu yǒu 。nà nǐ xiànzài yào qù shàng shénme kè ā ？
It sounds like there's all kinds of classes, something for everyone. What class are you going to today?
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如果他喜欢喝酒的话呢，可能他家里五花八门，什么酒都有。
rúguǒ tā xǐhuan hējiǔ dehuà ne ，kěnéng tā jiālǐ wǔhuābāmén ，shénme jiǔ dōu yǒu 。
If he likes to drink alcohol, his house probably has a great selection of all kinds of alcohol.
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我们公司的产品，五花八门的，什么都有。
wǒmen gōngsī de chǎnpǐn ，wǔhuābāmén de ，shénme dōu yǒu 。
Our company has all kinds of products. We have everything.
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她的朋友很多，五花八门的，什么人都认识。
tā de péngyou hěn duō ，wǔhuābāmén de ，shénme rén dōu rènshi 。
She has a lot of friends, all kinds. She knows everybody.
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