校花
xiào huā
Pinyin
Definition
校花
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- the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiào cǎo])
- school beauty queen
- campus belle
- prom queen
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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
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
奇花异卉
- 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
- 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
Sample Sentences
嘿嘿,你别小看你爸。我的初恋女友可是校花。想当年别人都觉得我们是天生的一对。
Heh heh. Don't underestimate your dad. My first love was the campus beauty. Thinking back to that time, other people all felt we were made for each other.
不过这也难怪,听说小刘毕业前可是校花,我好几次看到欧阳色咪咪地看着她。
It's not too surprising though. I heard Xiao Liu was a campus beauty back before she graduated and I've seen Ouyang ogling her more than a few times.