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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

花瓶 [huāpíng]
  1. 1. flower vase; vase
  2. 2. a woman who only knows how to make herself up and can do no useful work

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

花瓶 [huāpíng]
  1. 1. 插花用的瓶子,多置于案头作装饰品
    景泰蓝花瓶
  2. 2. 比喻只是装点门面,不起实际作用的人或事物
    词典买来是要用的,不能只放在案头作花瓶

Examples

一对花瓶
a pair of vases
花瓶工艺很精。
This vase is a piece of exquisite workmanship.
请你再给我找一只一模一样的花瓶,配成一对儿。
Please find me another vase exactly like this one to make a pair.
花瓶是我妹妹摔破的。
It was my sister who broke the vase.
花瓶托子
vase support (or holder)
花瓶座儿
vase stand
窑变花瓶
a flambé vase
这批陶瓷花瓶残次品太多,我们一定要找出问题所在。
There are many inferior porcelain vases in this batch whose causes we have to find out.
我家花瓶里的花扦儿让邻居们赞不绝口。
The flowers in our vase made our neighbors full of praise.
这个冒失鬼不小心打碎了我的花瓶
The hot head carelessly broke my vase

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