挑花
tiǎo huā
Pinyin

Definition

挑花
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tiǎo huā
  1. cross-stitch (embroidery)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挑
tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
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

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

还没呢。老实说我一想到买月饼就头疼。品种那么多，我都要挑花眼了。
hái méi ne 。lǎoshí shuō wǒ yī xiǎngdào mǎi yuèbǐng jiù tóuténg 。pǐnzhǒng nàme duō ，wǒ dōu yào tiāo huā yǎn le 。
Not yet. To tell you the truth, as soon as I think of moon cakes, I get a head-ache. There are so many different types, it's overwhelming.
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嗯。这倒是。别人以为我们挑花了眼，其实是选择有限。
ng4 。zhè dàoshì 。biérén yǐwéi wǒmen tiāohuā le yǎn ，qíshí shì xuǎnzé yǒuxiàn 。
Yeah, that's right. Other people say it's that we're just overwhelmed with choices, but actually, our choices are limited.
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