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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[huā]
  1. 1. noun [指植物] flower
  2. 2. noun [花状物]
    tear
    snowflake
    spark
  3. 3. noun [烟火] [pl] fireworks
  4. 4. noun [花纹] pattern
    布料
    patterned material
    白底红
    a red pattern on a white background
  5. 5. noun [精华] pinnacle
    艺术之
    the pinnacle of artistic achievement
  6. 6. noun beauty
    school beauties
  7. 7. noun [妓女] lady of the night
    街柳巷
    red - light district
  8. 8. adjective [多彩] multi-coloured (英)
  9. 9. adjective [多彩] multi-colored (美)
    绿绿
    colourful (英)
  10. 10. adjective [多彩] colorful (美)
  11. 11. adjective [有花的] floral
    basket of flowers
    float
  12. 12. adjective [模糊] blurred
    头昏眼
    muddle-headed and bleary-eyed
  13. 13. adjective [虚假] superficial
    trick
    言巧语
    smooth talk
  14. 14. verb spend
    spend money
    工夫
    put in effort

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[huā]
  1. 1. flowerage
  2. 2. inflorescence
  3. 3. posy
  4. 4. bloom
  5. 5. blossom
  6. 6. blow
  7. 7. spend
  8. 8. flower

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[huā]
  1. 1. 被子植物的繁殖器官,由冠、萼、托、雌雄蕊群组成,有多种形状和颜色,有的有香味
    结果
    粉。
  2. 2. 泛指某些具有观赏价值的植物
    匠。
  3. 3. 朵的东西
    炒腰儿。
  4. 4. 指棉
    机。
  5. 5. 焰火;礼
    炮。
  6. 6. 指某些滴珠、颗粒、碎末状的东西
    儿。
  7. 7. 纹;图案
    黑地白
    这块布的儿太艳了。
  8. 8. 纹装饰的
    轿
    灯。
  9. 9. 色彩或种类驳杂的
    这件衣裳太,你穿不合适
    哨。
  10. 10. (看东西)模糊
    老眼昏
    镜。
  11. 11. 好看或好听但不实在的;用来迷惑人的
    架子
    言巧语
    招。
  12. 12. 比喻美女
    交际
  13. 13. 旧指妓女或跟妓女有关的
    街柳巷。
  14. 14. 打仗、打斗受的外伤
  15. 15. 比喻精华
    艺术之
    自由之
  16. 16. 名 [口] ;痘苗
    孩子没有出过
    儿。
  17. 17.
    完了再挣
    工夫。

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把势告诉我们的品种不一样,期也就不同。
The gardener told me that the florescence of flowers varies by floral variety.
攀枝是四川省攀枝市的市
Silk cotton is the city flower of Panzhihua, Sichuan province.
没有野香,你这家伙太心了。
You think that concubines are better than your wife, you are so unfaithful.
枕头被小狗撕破了,白的羽绒散了一地。
The pillow was torn up by the dog, causing white soft feathers to come out of the pillow and spread around the floor.
楼下园里的报春已经开了。
The primrose in the garden in front of the building are in full bloom.
这里的自来水管道破裂,白的水冲涌而出。
The water pipe here broke and water gushed everywhere.
有的植物初也是一年中唯一一次开
For some plants their first blooming is also their last.
有的植物初比较晚,甚至不会开
Some plants are late in their first bloom, or will not bloom at all.
这朵是木瓜的初,非常珍贵。
This is the first full flower of the pawpaw, it is very precious.
这种茎上长有毒刺。
On the stems of these kinds of flowers are poisonous thorns.

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花, 费 and 用

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huā, fèi and yòng

1. All three verbs mean “to spend, to use.”
(1) 他(/)了两个小时才做完这道题。
huā (yòng/fèi) le liǎng gè xiǎo shí cái zuò wán zhè dào tí
It took him two hours to finish.

2. All the three words can take 时间 as their object. 时间 is a general description of spending time; 花时间 indicates a special arrangement of time; 费时间 sometimes indicates an obligation to spend time on something or a waste of time.
(2) 他愿意()高价来购买这幅画。
tā yuàn yì huā (yòng) gāo jià lái gòu mǎi zhè fú huà.
He is willing to spend a lot of money on that painting.

In this example, 费 cannot be used because it suggests a sense of passivity.

3. Besides, all the three words can haveas their object.
(3) 就为了买这么一个东西, (/)了我两百多块钱。 jiù wèi le mǎi zhè me yí gè dōng xī, huā (yòng/fèi) le wǒ liǎng bǎi duō kuài qián.
This costs more than two thousand RMB.

4. 费 can indicate the sense of “being wasteful.” We can say 费油, 费功夫, 费衣服, etc. neither 花 nor 用 has such a meaning.
(4) 这种机器太电了,我们应该换一种。
zhè zhǒng jī qì tài fèi diàn le, wǒ men yīng gāi huàn yì zhǒng.
This machine wastes too much electricity. We should trade it for a new one

(5) 这件事我了很大工夫才搞定。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ fèi le hěn dà gōng fū cái gǎo dìng.
I wasted a lot of time sorting this out.

1. 三个动词都可表示耗用。
2. 这是三个词都可带“时间” 这个宾语。 “用时间” 是一般的表述,“花时间” 常有特意安排时间的含义。而“费时间”有时含被动或浪费的意思。
这里不能用“费,”因为“费”含有被动的意思。
3. 另外,这三个词都可以带宾语“钱。”
4. “费”还可以表示用得多。可以说“费油,”“费电,”“费”等,“花”和“用”没有这个意思。

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