棉花
mián hua
Pinyin

Definition

棉花
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mián hua
  1. cotton

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

táo huā
  1. 1 peach blossom
  2. 2 (fig.) love affair
táo huā yùn
  1. 1 luck with the ladies
  2. 2 a romance
  3. 3 good luck
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake

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

没有。但是我有棉花糖,你看。
méiyǒu 。dànshì wǒ yǒu miánhuātáng ,nǐ kàn 。
No, but I do have cotton candy, look.
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哇,棉花糖。我要我要!
wā ,miánhuātáng 。wǒ yào wǒ yào !
Wow, cotton candy! I want, I want!
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你先给我棉花糖。
nǐ xiān gěi wǒ miánhuātáng 。
First, you give me the cotton candy.
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嗯,要两卷绷带和两卷医用纱布。我还要一瓶酒精棉花。
ng4 ,yào liǎng juǎn bēngdài hé liǎng juǎn yīyòng shābù 。wǒ hái yào yī píng jiǔjīngmiánhuā 。
Yeah. I want two rolls of bandages and two rolls of medical gauze. I'd also like a bottle of antiseptic cotton balls.
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嗯。让妈妈帮你按住棉花。回去以后要多喝水。
ng4 。ràng māma bāng nǐ ànzhù miánhuā 。huíqu yǐhòu yào duō hēshuǐ 。
That's right. Let your mommy hold some cotton on it. When you get home, drink more water than you usually would.
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