花活
huā huó
Pinyin

Definition

花活
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huā huó
  1. trick
  2. deception

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
印花
yìn huā
  1. 1 tax stamp
夜生活
yè shēng huó
  1. 1 night life
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
如花
rú huā
  1. 1 flowery
存活
cún huó
  1. 1 to survive (a serious accident)
  2. 2 survival
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
复活
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
快活
kuài huo
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 cheerful
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
校花
xiào huā
  1. 1 the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiào cǎo])
  2. 2 school beauty queen
  3. 3 campus belle
  4. 4 prom queen
桂花
guì huā
  1. 1 osmanthus flowers
  2. 2 Osmanthus fragrans
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

Idioms (20)

不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
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
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
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)
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (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
柳暗花明
liǔ àn huā míng
  1. 1 lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
  2. 2 light at the end of the tunnel
柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù
  1. 1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty

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