花柳病
huā liǔ bìng
Pinyin

Definition

花柳病
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huā liǔ bìng
  1. sexually transmitted disease
  2. venereal disease

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

桃花
táo huā
  1. 1 peach blossom
  2. 2 (fig.) love affair
桃花运
táo huā yùn
  1. 1 luck with the ladies
  2. 2 a romance
  3. 3 good luck
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
生病
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
病
bìng
  1. 1 illness
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
  3. 3 disease
  4. 4 to fall ill
  5. 5 defect
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
花园
huā yuán
  1. 1 garden
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
鲜花
xiān huā
  1. 1 flower
  2. 2 fresh flowers
  3. 3 CL:朵[duǒ]
五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
  1. 1 myriad
  2. 2 all kinds of
  3. 3 all sorts of
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
传染病
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease
冰花
bīng huā
  1. 1 ice crystal
  2. 2 frost (on windows)
印花
yìn huā
  1. 1 tax stamp
同花顺
tóng huā shùn
  1. 1 straight flush (poker)
大病
dà bìng
  1. 1 serious illness
大丽花
dà lì huā
  1. 1 dahlia (loanword)
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
如花
rú huā
  1. 1 flowery

Idioms (20)

一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
  1. 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
  1. 1 deranged
  2. 2 demented
  3. 3 berserk (idiom)
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
天花乱坠
tiān huā luàn zhuì
  1. 1 lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extravagant embellishments
  3. 3 hype
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
寻花问柳
xún huā wèn liǔ
  1. 1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to frequent brothels
  3. 3 to sow one's wild oats
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
摆花架子
bǎi huā jià zi
  1. 1 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
  2. 2 superficial display (idiom)
败柳残花
bài liǔ cán huā
  1. 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
明日黄花
míng rì huáng huā
  1. 1 lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. outdated
  3. 3 thing of the past
  4. 4 dead letter
昙花一现
tán huā yī xiàn
  1. 1 lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
  2. 2 flash in the pan (idiom)
  3. 3 short-lived
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
  1. 1 lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. romantic surroundings

Sample Sentences

英雄人物大概都比较风流吧！不过娶了4个老婆，只有原配生了一个蒋经国，蒋纬国还是领养的。貌似老蒋得了花柳病……
yīngxióng rénwù dàgài dōu bǐjiào fēngliú ba ！bùguò qǔ le sì gè lǎopó ，zhǐyǒu yuánpèi shēng le yī gè Jiǎng Jīngguó ，Jiǎng Wěiguó háishì lǐngyǎng de 。màosì LǎoJiǎng dé le huāliǔbìng ……
Great men are almost all promiscuous! However, he married four wives and only his first wife gave birth to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wei-kuo was adopted. It looks as if Old Chiang contracted a venereal disease.
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