花招
huā zhāo
Pinyin

Definition

花招
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huā zhāo
  1. trick
  2. maneuver
  3. razzle-dazzle
  4. (martial arts) fancy move
  5. flourish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhāo
  1. 1 to recruit
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to beckon
  4. 4 to incur
  5. 5 to infect
  6. 6 contagious
  7. 7 a move (chess)
  8. 8 a maneuver
  9. 9 device
  10. 10 trick
  11. 11 to confess
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

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

花招(好看、漂亮但是没有用的动作;骗人的手段或办法)
huāzhāo (hǎokàn 、piàoliang dànshì méiyǒuyòng de dòngzuò ;piànrén de shǒuduàn huò bànfǎ )
a fancy move; pretty but useless moves; method or ways to scam someone.
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你别跟我耍花招,我没那么好骗。
nǐ bié gēn wǒ shuǎ huāzhāo ,wǒ méi nàme hǎo piàn 。
Don't try and dazzle me, I'm not that gullible.
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你小心这个人,他花招很多。
nǐ xiǎoxīn zhè ge rén ,tā huāzhāo hěn duō 。
You watch out for this person, he is full of tricks.
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赔钱卖”这种花招,一般人已经不相信了。
péi qián mài ”zhèzhǒng huāzhāo ,yībānrén yǐjīng bù xiāngxìn le 。
Most people don't believe in tricks like a "Closing Down Sale" anymore.
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