莲花 (蓮花)
lián huā
Pinyin

Definition

莲花 (蓮花)
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lián huā
  1. lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
  2. water-lily

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 classifier: 朵 duǒ

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

关注吸气时腹部向外的涨起推出，呼气尽量将肚脐贴向脊柱的方向，使我们肺内沉积而污浊的气体向外地呼出。此时我们像是一朵晨间悄悄开放的莲花，没有尘世的污染，只有自身的洁白。
guānzhù xīqì shí fùbù xiàngwài de zhǎngqǐ tuīchū ，hūqì jǐnliàng jiāng dùqí tiē xiàng jǐzhù de fāngxiàng ，shǐ wǒmen fèi nèi chénjī ér wūzhuó de qìtǐ xiàngwài de hū chū 。cǐshí wǒmen xiàng shì yī duǒ chén jiān qiāoqiāo kāifàng de liánhuā ，méiyǒu chénshì de wūrǎn ，zhǐyǒu zìshēn de jiébái 。
Notice that when you are inhaling, your abdomen rises and pushes outwards. Try your best to press your belly button to your spine when you are exhaling. This allows the impure air that has built up to exit our lungs. Right now, we are like a lotus flowers gently blossoming in at dawn. We are untouched by the pollution of this world. All we have is our own purity.
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