棉花
mián hua
Pinyin
Definition
棉花
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- cotton
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
没有。但是我有棉花糖,你看。
No, but I do have cotton candy, look.
哇,棉花糖。我要我要!
Wow, cotton candy! I want, I want!
你先给我棉花糖。
First, you give me the cotton candy.
嗯,要两卷绷带和两卷医用纱布。我还要一瓶酒精棉花。
Yeah. I want two rolls of bandages and two rolls of medical gauze. I'd also like a bottle of antiseptic cotton balls.
嗯。让妈妈帮你按住棉花。回去以后要多喝水。
That's right. Let your mommy hold some cotton on it. When you get home, drink more water than you usually would.