乱花 (亂花)
luàn huā
Pinyin

Definition

乱花 (亂花)
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luàn huā
  1. to spend recklessly
  2. to waste money

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
鲜花
xiān huā
  1. 1 flower
  2. 2 fresh flowers
  3. 3 classifier: 朵 duǒ

Idioms (20)

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)

Sample Sentences

说是这样说，难道是人民叫政府去举债乱花钱吗？你叫人民加税，那你有办法给他工作吗？
shuōshìzhèyàngshuō ，nándào shì rénmín jiào zhèngfǔ qù jǔzhài luàn huāqián ma ？nǐ jiào rénmín jiā shuì ，nà nǐ yǒubànfǎ gěi tā gōngzuò ma ？
You can say that, but it wasn't the people that told the government to borrow money and squander it away. If you raise the taxes for people, can you even manage to give them a job?
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你看你，扯哪儿去了。我只不过希望经济上自由一些，我也不是那种乱花钱的人啊。
nǐ kàn nǐ ，chě nǎr qù le 。wǒ zhǐ bùguò xīwàng jīngjì shàng zìyóu yīxiē ，wǒ yě bùshì nà zhǒng luàn huāqián de rén a 。
Look at you. Where are you taking the conversation? I was just hoping for a bit of economic freedom. I'm really not someone who just recklessly spends money.
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