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[尋花問柳] xúnhuāwènliǔ lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
fig. to frequent brothels
to sow one's wild oats

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        xúnzhǎo, [尋找], to seek/to look for
        xúnqiú, [尋求], to seek/to look for
        xún, [尋], to search/to look for/to seek
        xúncháng, [尋常], usual/common/ordinary
        sōuxún, [搜尋], to search/to look for
        zhǎoxún, [找尋], to look for/to seek/to find fault
        zhuīxún, [追尋], to pursue/to track down/to search
        
        xúnmì, [尋覓], to look for
        
        xúnsǐ, [尋死], to attempt suicide/to court death
        xúnkāixīn, [尋開心], to make fun of/to seek diversion
        tànxún, [探尋], to search/to seek/to explore
        xúnhuānzuòlè, [尋歡作樂], pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
        xúnsī, [尋思], to consider/to ponder
        
        zìxúnfánnǎo, [自尋煩惱], to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
        yìhūxúncháng, [異乎尋常], unusual/extraordinary
        
        xúnhūjī, [尋呼機], pager/beeper
        nàirénxúnwèi, [耐人尋味], thought-provoking/worth thinking over/to provide food for thought
        xúnduǎnjiàn, [尋短見], to commit suicide
访         xúnfǎng, [尋訪], to inquire after/to look for (sb)
        xúnxìn, [尋釁], to pick a quarrel/to start a fight
        
        
        xúndì, [尋的], homing/target-seeking (military)
        

        Huā/huā, [芲]/[蘤], surname Hua, flower/blossom/CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù]/fancy pat...
        huāyuán, [花園], garden/CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]
        huāyàng, [花樣], pattern/way of doing sth/trick/(sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)
        huāqián, [花錢], to spend money
        
        huāfèi, [花費], expense/cost/to spend (time or money)/expenditure
        huāshēng, peanut/groundnut/CL:粒[lì]
        huǒhuā, spark/sparkle
        bàomǐhuā, puffed rice/popcorn
        xiānhuā, [鮮花], flower/fresh flowers/CL:朵[duǒ]
        tiānhuābǎn, ceiling
        yānhuā, [煙花], fireworks/prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
        huāshēngjiàng, [花生醬], peanut butter
        miánhua, cotton
        huāpíng, flower vase/fig. just a pretty face/CL:對|对[duì]
        huāzhāo, trick/maneuver/razzle-dazzle/(martial arts) fancy move/flourish
        lánhuā, [蘭花], cymbidium/orchid
        xuěhuā, snowflake
        huāduǒ, flower
        shuǎhuāzhāo, to play tricks on sb
        huāér/huār, [花兒], style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia/CL:首[shǒu], erhua varia...
        huābàn, petal/CL:片[piàn]
        línghuāqián, [零花錢], pocket money/allowance
        kāihuā, [開花], to bloom/to blossom/to flower/fig. to burst open/to feel happy or elated/new dev...
        
        huādiàn, flower shop
        méiguīhuā, rose
        huāwén, [花紋], decorative design
        huāshao, garish/gaudy
        liánhuā, [蓮花], lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)/water-lily
        
        huāfěn, pollen
        júhuā, chrysanthemum/(slang) anus
        wúhuāguǒ, [無花果], fig (Ficus carica)
        yīnghuā, [櫻花], oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom/a...
        yǎnhuā, dimmed eyesight/blurred/vague and unclear vision
        huāshù, bouquet
        huāxiāo, [花銷], to spend (money)/expenses
        huāyēcài, cauliflower
        huābiān, [花邊], lace/decorative border
        huāxù, bits of news/interesting sidelights
        huāchē, [花車], car festooned for celebration
        huāxiāng, fragrance of flowers
        hónghuā, [紅花], safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
        jǐnshàngtiānhuā, [錦上添花], lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect/gilding th...
        huāhuán, [花環], garland/floral hoop
        tiānhuā, smallpox/ceiling/stamen of corn/(old) snow/(dialect) sesame oil
        yǎnhuāliáoluàn, [眼花繚亂], to be dazzled
        huājiàng, gardener
        yìnhuā, tax stamp
        huāgāngyán, [花崗岩], granite
        xiùhuā, [繡花], to embroider/to do embroidery
        qiānniúhuā, [牽牛花], white-edged morning glory
        huāxīn, fickle (in love affairs)/dissipated/unfaithful/heart of a flower (pistil and sta...
        
        huāpén, flower pot
        huācóng, [花叢], cluster of flowers/inflorescence/flowering shrub
        yěhuā, wildflower/woman of easy virtue
        chāhuā, flower arranging/ikebana
        lànghuā, spray/ocean spray/spindrift/fig. happenings from one's life/CL:朵[duǒ]
        huāquān, wreath/garland
        táohuāyùn, [桃花運], luck with the ladies/a romance/good luck
        tiānhuāluànzhuì, [天花亂墜], lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)/fig. extravagant embellishments/hype
        bǎihéhuā, lily/fig. pure and spotless person/virgin
        
        huāhuì, flowers and plants
        huācǎo, flowers and plants
        méihuā, plum blossom/clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)/wintersweet (dialect)
        shuǐxiānhuā, daffodil/narcissus/CL:棵[kē]
        máhuā, fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)/worn out ...
        
        huǒhuāsāi, spark plug
        huāshì, fancy
        shuǐhuā, splash/algal bloom/chickenpox (dialect)
        
        huāmì, nectar
        huālěi, bud/flower bud
        
        
        zànghónghuā, [藏紅花], saffron (Crocus sativus)
        táohuā, peach blossom/(fig.) love affair
        huāsè, variety/design and color/suit (cards)
        dùjuānhuā, [杜鵑花], Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
        zhīzihuā, [梔子花], cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
        HuāMùlán, [花木蘭], Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk h...
        
        huāshēngmǐ, shelled peanuts
        
        dàlìhuā, [大麗花], dahlia (loanword)
        
        
        jiàohuāzi, beggar
        huāzhīzhāozhǎn, lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)/fig. gorgeo...
        
        
        huāní, tweed/checkered cloth
        wànhuātǒng, [萬花筒], kaleidoscope
        tánhuāyīxiàn, [曇花一現], lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once/flash in the pan (idiom)/short-lived
        Huādū, Huadu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
        xiàohuā, the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiào cǎo])/school beauty queen/cam...
        huābiānxīnwén, [花邊新聞], media gossip/sensational news
        
        mòlihuā, jasmine
        
        huāqí, the Stars and Stripes (US flag)/by extension, the United States of America/abbr....
        huātóng, page boy/flower girl (at a wedding)
        
        
        tóuyūnyǎnhuā, [頭暈眼花], to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
        wǔhuābāmén, [五花八門], myriad/all kinds of/all sorts of
        huāzi, beggar (old term)
        huājì, youthful time/prime of youth/flowering season
        huāpǔ, flowerbed/parterre
        huāshì, [花飾], floral decoration/ornament/floral pattern
        píjiǔhuā, hops
        huātiānjiǔdì, to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual plea...
        liǔànhuāmíng, lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one...
        càihuā, cauliflower/gonorrhea
        xiànhuā, [獻花], to offer flowers/to lay flowers (as a memorial)
        huāfáng, greenhouse
        lǐhuā, [禮花], fireworks
        huāqiányuèxià, see 月下花前[yuè xià huā qián]
        wǔhuāròu, pork belly/streaky pork
        xīnhuānùfàng, to burst with joy (idiom)/to be over the moon/to be elated
        báihuāhuā, shining white
        wánhuāzhāo, to play tricks
        huāquán, showy boxing of no practical use/see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿
        huābù, printed cloth/calico
        Huātán/huātán, [花壇], Huatan township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan, decorative m...
        huánghuā, [黃花], yellow flowers (of various types)/chrysanthemum/cauliflower/(yellow) daylily/a y...
        kuíhuāzǐ, sunflower seeds
        
        
        lǎohuājìng, [老花鏡], presbyopic glasses
        
        huāguān, corolla
        huācài, cauliflower
        zhònghuā, [種花], to grow flowers/floriculture
        
        diāohuā, carving/decorative carved pattern/arabesque
        dòngfánghuāzhú, [洞房花燭], bridal room and ornamented candles/wedding festivities (idiom)
        
        huāyàngyóuyǒng, [花樣游泳], synchronized swimming
        lèihuā, [淚花], tears in the eyes
        zhǐhuā, [紙花], paper flower
        huāqiāng, [花槍], short spear (arch.)/fig. trickery
        huāhuì, [花會], flower fair or festival
        
        huāhuāshìjiè, the teeming world/the world of sensual pleasures
        
        
        huāhóng, [花紅], flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc)/a bonus/crab ...
        huāgāngshí, [花崗石], granite
        
        xiānghuā, fragrant flower/fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
        huāyánqiǎoyǔ, [花言巧語], graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words/cheating whe...
        júhuāchá, chrysanthemum tea
        lǎohuā, presbyopia
        huābái, grizzled (hair)
        huātou, [花頭], trick/pattern/novel idea/knack
        huājuǎn, Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
        mòlihuāchá, jasmine tea
        
        
        míngrìhuánghuā, [明日黃花], lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)/fig. outdated/thing ...
        xuěhuāgāo, vanishing cream/cold cream (makeup)
        huādàjiě, common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢虫
        hūnhuā, dim (eyesight)/blurred (vision)
        diànhuǒhuā, [電火花], electric spark
        huāzhī, spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)/squid (on dining menus)/(literary) beauti...
        huāmù, flowers and trees/plants/flora
        huāqiāng, florid ornamentation in opera/coloratura
        
绿绿         huāhuālǜlǜ, [花花綠綠], brightly colored/gaudy
        HuāguǒShān, Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì], tourist destination/(al...
鹿         méihuālù, sika deer
        
        xiùhuāxié, [繡花鞋], embroidered shoes
        yìnhuāshuì, [印花稅], stamp duty
        héhuā, lotus
        
        
        kuíhuā, sunflower
        
        
        tíhuā, Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
        qīnghuā, blue and white (porcelain)
        
        
        huābān, patches/mottling
        qīnghuācí, blue and white porcelain
        huāhuāchángzi, [花花腸子], (slang) a cunning plot
        huāniǎo, [花鳥], painting of birds and flowers
        zǒumǎguānhuā, [走馬觀花], lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing/fig. su...
        
        shuānghuā, frost forming a pattern on a surface/rime
        yíngchūnhuā, winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
        dòuhuā, jellied tofu/soft bean curd
        
        fèngxiānhuā, [鳳仙花], balsam/Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina)/touch-me-no...
        
        jiǔhuā, hops
        yùmǐhuā, popcorn
        
        rúhuāsìyù, delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)/(of a woman) exquisite
        
        cōnghuā, [蔥花], chopped onion
        tiǎohuā, cross-stitch (embroidery)
        
        lánhuāzhǐ, [蘭花指], hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest ext...
        huánghuācài, [黃花菜], citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni)/golden needles (edible flower)
        huājiāo, Sichuan pepper/Chinese prickly ash
        huāzhù, style (female organ of flower)
        
        
        huājiǎ, complete sexagenary cycle/a 60 year-old person/passage of time
        
        cháhuā, camellia
        huānóng, [花農], flower grower
        huāgǔduo, (coll.) flower bud
        
        tiěshùkāihuā, [鐵樹開花], lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)/a highly improbable or extremely rare occurren...
        
        huāruǐ, stamen/pistil
        
        huākuí, the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom)/(fig.) nickname for a famous ...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        huājiàzi, attractive appearance, but without substance
        shāncháhuā, camellia
        
        
        guìhuā, osmanthus flowers/Osmanthus fragrans
        bìyuèxiūhuā, [閉月羞花], lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)/fig. female beauty exceeding e...
        
        
        luòhuāshēng, peanut
        
        
        
        
        
        huāzhǎn, flower show
        tánhuā, [曇花], Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
        
        
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        lǎohuāyǎn, presbyopia
        
        huāqī, the flowering season
        
        
        biàndìkāihuā, [遍地開花], to blossom everywhere/to spring up all over the place/to flourish on a large sca...
        
        jīnyínhuā, [金銀花], honeysuckle
        
        huāliǔbìng, sexually transmitted disease/venereal disease
        lèkāihuā, [樂開花], to burst with joy
        
        yíhuājiēmù, lit. to graft flowers onto a tree/to surreptitiously substitute one thing for an...
        bǎihuāqífàng, [百花齊放], a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
        
        guàhuā, [掛花], to be wounded/(of plants) to bloom
        wùlǐkànhuā, [霧里看花], lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
        
        
        huādàn, role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
        huāyā, signature (in grass-style writing)/symbol used in place of a signature (on a doc...
        
        
        
        
        huādēng, [花燈], colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
        táohuāyuán, the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity/utopia
        
        huājiàn, [花劍], foil (fencing)
        huālùshuǐ, perfumed toilet water/eau de cologne/floral water/hydrosol
        
        huābāo, flower bud
        
        
        qíhuāyìhuì, [奇花異卉], exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
        
        lǎbahuā, morning glory
轿         huājiào, [花轎], bridal sedan chair

        wèntí, [問題], question/problem/issue/topic/CL:個|个[gè]
        wèn, [問], to ask
        
        qǐngwèn, [請問], Excuse me, may I ask...?
        háowúyíwèn, [毫無疑問], certainty/without a doubt
        gùwèn, [顧問], adviser/consultant
        xúnwèn, [詢問], to inquire
访         fǎngwèn, [訪問], to visit/to call on/to interview/CL:次[cì]
        wènhǎo, [問好], to say hello to/to send one's regards to
        shěnwèn, [審問], to interrogate/to examine/to question
        yíwèn, [疑問], question/interrogation/doubt
        wènhòu, [問候], to give one's respects/to send a greeting/(fig.) (coll.) to make offensive refer...
        tíwèn, [提問], to question/to quiz/to grill
        pánwèn, [盤問], to interrogate/to cross-examine/to inquire
        wènhuà, [問話], questioning (a suspect)/interrogation
        kǎowèn, [拷問], to question via torture
        xùnwèn, [訊問], to interrogate/to ask about
        
        zhìwèn, [質問], to question/to ask questions/to inquire/to bring to account/to interrogate
        wèndá, [問答], question and answer
        ménxīnzìwèn, [捫心自問], to ask oneself honestly/to search in one's heart
        wènxùn, [問訊], interrogation/greeting
        zhuīwèn, [追問], to question closely/to investigate in detail/to examine minutely/to get to the h...
        guòwèn, [過問], to show an interest in/to get involved with
        wènjuàn, [問卷], questionnaire/CL:份[fèn]
        fāwèn, [發問], to question/to ask/to raise a question
        wènlù, [問路], to ask for directions/to ask the way (to some place)
        xuéwèn, [學問], learning/knowledge/CL:個|个[gè]
        bùwénbùwèn, [不聞不問], not to hear, not to question (idiom)/to show no interest in sth/uncritical/not i...
        wèiwèn, [慰問], to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
        zìwèn, [自問], to ask oneself/to search one's soul/to reach a conclusion after weighing a matte...
        fǎnwèn, [反問], to ask (a question) in reply/to answer a question with a question/rhetorical que...
        wènshì, [問世], to be published/to come out
        wènhào, [問號], question mark (punct.)/unknown factor/unsolved problem/interrogation
        
        wènxīnwúkuì, [問心無愧], lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
        
        wèndào, [問道], to ask the way/to ask
        
        cháwèn, [查問], to inquire about
        páogēnwèndǐ, [刨根問底], to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
        bùwèn, [不問], to pay no attention to/to disregard/to ignore/to let go unpunished/to let off
        wúrénwènjīn, [無人問津], to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
        jiéwèn, [詰問], to ask questions/to interrogate
        wènzhěn, [問診], (TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[sì zhěn]
        wèndǐng, [問鼎], to aspire to the throne/to aim at (the first place etc)
        
        
        yíwènjù, [疑問句], question (grammar)/interrogative sentence
        wènzuì, [問罪], to denounce/to condemn/to call to account/to punish
        dáfēisuǒwèn, [答非所問], (idiom) to sidestep the question/to answer evasively
        wènān, [問安], to pay one's respects/to give regards to
        
        jièwèn, [借問], (honorific) May I ask?
        shìwèn, [試問], I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)/one might well ask
        tóushíwènlù, [投石問路], lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)/fig. to test the waters
        
        
        
        
        xūhánwènnuǎn, [噓寒問暖], to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom)/to pamper
        
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        tànwèn, [探問], to inquire into/to ask after
        wènjīn, [問津], to make inquiries/to show interest
        
        
        
        
访         guóshìfǎngwèn, [國事訪問], state visit
        
        
        zhuīgēnwèndǐ, [追根問底], lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of s...

        Liǔ/liǔ, [栁]/[桺], surname Liu, willow, old variant of 柳[liǔ], old variant of 柳[liǔ]
        liǔshù, [柳樹], willow
        
        
        
        liǔtiáo, [柳條], willow/willow branches/wicker (material for basketwork)
        liǔànhuāmíng, lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one...
        
        
        
        
        
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        Liǔlín, Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lǚ liáng], Shanxi 山西
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        yángliǔ, [楊柳], willow tree/poplar and willow/name of traditional tune
        
        
        
        
        
        chuíliǔ, weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
        huāliǔbìng, sexually transmitted disease/venereal disease
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

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