红花
hóng huā
Pinyin

Definition

红花
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hóng huā
  1. safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
鲜花
xiān huā
  1. 1 flower
  2. 2 fresh flowers
  3. 3 CL:朵[duǒ]
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
冰花
bīng huā
  1. 1 ice crystal
  2. 2 frost (on windows)
印花
yìn huā
  1. 1 tax stamp
大丽花
dà lì huā
  1. 1 dahlia (loanword)
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
如花
rú huā
  1. 1 flowery
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
提花
tí huā
  1. 1 Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
插花
chā huā
  1. 1 flower arranging
  2. 2 ikebana
昙花一现
tán huā yī xiàn
  1. 1 lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
  2. 2 flash in the pan (idiom)
  3. 3 short-lived
松花江
Sōng huā jiāng
  1. 1 Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈尔滨, a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江
柳暗花明
liǔ àn huā míng
  1. 1 lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
  2. 2 light at the end of the tunnel
校花
xiào huā
  1. 1 the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiào cǎo])
  2. 2 school beauty queen
  3. 3 campus belle
  4. 4 prom queen
桂花
guì huā
  1. 1 osmanthus flowers
  2. 2 Osmanthus fragrans

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)
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
寻花问柳
xún huā wèn liǔ
  1. 1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to frequent brothels
  3. 3 to sow one's wild oats
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
摆花架子
bǎi huā jià zi
  1. 1 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
  2. 2 superficial display (idiom)
败柳残花
bài liǔ cán huā
  1. 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
明日黄花
míng rì huáng huā
  1. 1 lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. outdated
  3. 3 thing of the past
  4. 4 dead letter
昙花一现
tán huā yī xiàn
  1. 1 lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
  2. 2 flash in the pan (idiom)
  3. 3 short-lived
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
  1. 1 lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. romantic surroundings
柳暗花明
liǔ àn huā míng
  1. 1 lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
  2. 2 light at the end of the tunnel
柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù
  1. 1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
树上开花
shù shàng kāi huā
  1. 1 to deck the tree with false blossoms
  2. 2 to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè
  1. 1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
残花败柳
cán huā bài liǔ
  1. 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

Sample Sentences

是啊，我到现在还记得爸爸妈妈单位里组织的五一联欢会。每年都会评选劳动模范，每个人胸前还戴上一朵大红花。可有意思了。
shì a ，wǒ dào xiànzài hái jìde bàba māma dānwèi lǐ zǔzhī de Wǔyī liánhuānhuì 。měinián dōu huì píngxuǎn láodòng mófàn ，měi ge rén xiōng qián hái dàishàng yī duǒ dà hónghuā 。kě yǒuyìsi le 。
Yeah, even now I can remember the celebration that my parents' work unit organized. Every year they would select model workers, and each one would wear a large red corsage on his chest. It's really interesting.
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娘娘可曾听说过一味叫红花的中药？
niángniang kě céng tīngshuō guo yīwèi jiào hónghuā zhōngyào ？
Has my lady ever heard of a type of medicine called "red flower?"
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皇后的“龙凤保胎汤”里被您的义父江太医多下了一味红花，导致皇后至今......
huánghòu de “lóngfèng bǎotāitāng ”lǐ bèi nín de yìfù jiāng tàiyī duō xià le yī wèi hónghuā ，dǎozhì huánghòu zhìjīn ......
Your adopted father, Dr. Jiang, put some extra "red flower" into the Empress' Imperial fertility potion. Because of that, to this day the Emperor...
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红花？那可是民间专门用来打胎的药！哪个太医这么昏庸？
hónghuā ？nà kě shì mínjiān zhuānmén yònglái dǎtāi de yào ！něige tàiyī zhème hūnyōng ？
"The Red Flower?" Isn't that a folk remedy used specially for inducing a miscarriage? Which Imperial Physician could be so foolish?
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谢娘娘！奴才从太医那儿偷偷抄了一份皇后喝的龙凤保胎汤的药方，让民间的大夫看了一下。结果发现药方上有一味叫红花的药。
xiè niángniang ！núcai cóng tàiyī nàr tōutōu chāo le yāo fèn huánghòu hē de lóngfèng bǎotāitāng de yàofāng ，ràng mínjiān de dàifu kàn le yīxià 。jiéguǒ fāxiàn yàofāng shàng yǒu yī wèi jiào hónghuā de yào 。
Thank you, my lady! Your humble slave made a copy of the formula for the Imperial Physician's Dragon-Phoenix fertility soup, and had a folk doctor take a look at it. It turns out that the formula includes a drug called "the red flower."
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