天花
tiān huā
Pinyin

Definition

天花
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tiān huā
  1. smallpox
  2. ceiling
  3. stamen of corn
  4. (old) snow
  5. (dialect) sesame oil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

你确实不是有钱人，但是绝对符合自认环保先进这一条，不过瞧你说得天花乱坠，不如载我一程，看看它的表现能不能说服我。
nǐ quèshí bùshì yǒuqiánrén ，dànshì juéduì fúhé zìrèn huánbǎo xiānjìn zhè yī tiáo ，bùguò qiáo nǐ shuōde tiānhuāluànzhuì ，bùrú zài wǒ yī chéng ，kàn kan tā de biǎoxiàn néngbùnéng shuōfú wǒ 。
You are not wealthy, that's true, but you do think of yourself as environmentally responsible. But rather than hear you continue to sing its praises, why don't you just take me for a ride, to see if its performance will persuade me.
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有这么简单？你别听中介公司的人说得天花乱坠！
yǒu zhème jiǎndān ？nǐ bié tīng zhōngjiè gōngsī de rén shuō de tiānhuāluànzhuì ！
It's that simple? Don't be fooled by the extraordinary things those intermediary companies tell you!
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