茼蒿 tóng hāo crown daisy / garland chrysanthemum / Chrysanthemum coronarium 花台 花臺 huā tái flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 蓓蕾 bèi lěi flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up syn 唐花 táng huā hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse) syn 艾冬花 ài dōng huā coltsfoot flower (used in TCM) / Flos Farfarae 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 黄菊 黃菊 huáng jú yellow chrysanthemum / wine 菊花茶 jú huā chá chrysanthemum tea 黄花岗 黃花崗 huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911 菊 jú (bound form) chrysanthemum syn 茼 tóng Chrysanthemum coronarium 春黄菊 春黃菊 chūn huáng jú yellow chrysanthemum / chamomile (Anthemis spp.) 秋菊傲霜 qiū jú ào shuāng the autumn chrysanthemum braves the frost (idiom) 黃花 huáng huā virgin / orange day lily (Hemerocallis fulva) / Chrysanthemum 白汤 白湯 bái tāng clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤[nai3 tang1] / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs 命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point 鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower / fresh flowers / CL:朵[duo3] 玫瑰 méi guī rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]) / rose flower (CL:朵[duo3]) 莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily syn 花朵 huā duǒ flower syn 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 盛开 盛開 shèng kāi blooming / in full flower syn 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 花店 huā diàn flower shop 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about 插花 chā huā flower arranging / ikebana syn 花盆 huā pén flower pot 庭园 庭園 tíng yuán flower garden syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 桔梗 jié gěng Chinese bellflower / balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) 花蕾 huā lěi bud / flower bud syn 飘舞 飄舞 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc) syn 奇葩 qí pā exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information 香花 xiāng huā fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc) syn 盆花 pén huā potted flower 华而不实 華而不實 huá ér bù shí flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy syn 花会 花會 huā huì flower fair or festival 花序 huā xù inflorescence / flower cluster syn 黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn 国花 國花 guó huā national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China) syn 花苞 huā bāo flower bud syn 华严经 華嚴經 huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 花头 花頭 huā tóu flower head syn 花农 花農 huā nóng flower grower 花展 huā zhǎn flower show 雄蕊 xióng ruǐ stamen (male part of flower) 纸花 紙花 zhǐ huā paper flower 英 yīng hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom syn 花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower 雌花 cí huā female flower 花 蘤 huā variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] syn 华 華 huā old variant of 花[hua1] / flower syn 花梗 huā gěng stem of flower syn 凤仙花 鳳仙花 fèng xiān huā balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie syn 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 鸡冠花 雞冠花 jī guān huā cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata 花柱 huā zhù style (female organ of flower) 花托 huā tuō receptacle (base of flower) 盆 pén basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn 菁 jīng leek flower / lush / luxuriant 苞 bāo bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse syn 葩 pā corolla of flower syn 钿 鈿 diàn to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower 鬘 mán (of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament 薾 ěr luxuriant growth of flower 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom) / surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) 孤芳自赏 孤芳自賞 gū fāng zì shǎng lone flower admiring itself (idiom) / narcissism / self-love syn 败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 槛花笼鹤 檻花籠鶴 jiàn huā lóng hè a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom) / prisoner 羯鼓催花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom 花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful 走马看花 走馬看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information syn 风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite syn 柎 fū calyx of flower 风信子 風信子 fēng xìn zǐ hyacinth (flower) 蘤 wěi flower, blossoms 西番莲 西番蓮 xī fān lián passion flower syn 供佛花 gòng fó huā flower offering 供花 gòng huā flower offering 两性花 兩性花 liǎng xìng huā hermaphrodite flower 哈巴雪山 hā bā xuě shān Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan 孽海花 niè hǎi huā A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[Jin1 Tian1he2] and Zeng Pu 曾樸|曾朴[Zeng1 Pu3] 寻花 尋花 xún huā flower-viewing / to visit a prostitute 檵木 jì mù fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub 檵花 jì huā fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub 满城尽带黄金甲 滿城盡帶黃金甲 mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou 胡姬花 hú jī huā Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore 花床 huā chuáng flower bed 花把势 花把勢 huā bǎ shì expert flower grower 花把式 huā bǎ shì expert flower grower 花池子 huā chí zi flower bed syn 花无百日红 花無百日紅 huā wú bǎi rì hóng No flower can bloom for a hundred days. / Good times do not last long. (idiom) 