花旗
huā qí
Pinyin

Definition

花旗
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huā qí
  1. the Stars and Stripes (US flag)
  2. by extension, the United States of America
  3. abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qí xià
  1. 1 under the banner of
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
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
  1. 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
  2. 2 to stand out
  3. 3 to develop one's own school
  4. 4 to have attitude of one's own
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

Sample Sentences

我住长安大街附近,你知道花旗银行不?我家就在银行左边那栋楼。
wǒ zhù chángān dàjiē fùjìn ,nǐ zhīdào huāqíyínháng bù ?wǒjiā jiù zài yínháng zuǒbiān nà dòng lóu 。
I live near Changan Street. Do you know where the Citibank is? My place is in the building to the left of the bank.
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这么巧?我也住花旗银行左边那栋楼,你住几楼啊?
zhème qiǎo ?wǒ yě zhù huāqíyínháng zuǒbiān nà dòng lóu ,nǐ zhù jǐ lóu ā ?
What a coincidence! I live in the building to the left of the Citibank too, which floor do you live on?
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