凤仙花 (鳳仙花)
fèng xiān huā
Pinyin
Definition
凤仙花 (鳳仙花)
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- balsam
- Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina)
- touch-me-not
- busy Lizzie
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
仙姿玉色
- 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism
八仙过海,各显神通
- 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
名花有主
- 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
天花乱坠
- 1 lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
- 2 fig. extravagant embellishments
- 3 hype