花街
huā jiē
Pinyin

Definition

花街
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huā jiē
  1. red-light district

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
街
jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
街头
jiē tóu
  1. 1 street

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)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
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)

Sample Sentences

看时间吧。我最想去看花街，听说特别陡，车子都爬不上去。
kàn shíjiān ba 。wǒ zuì xiǎng qù kàn huājiē ，tīngshuō tèbié dǒu ，chēzi dōu pá bù shàngqù 。
Well, if we have enough time. I'd especially like to go see Lombard Street, I hear it's really steep, and cars can't even go up it.
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