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Definition(s) for: 残花败柳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
残花败柳 cán huā bài liǔ - broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
残 cán- to destroy
- to spoil
- to ruin
- to injure
- cruel
- oppressive
- savage
- brutal
- incomplete
- disabled
- to remain
- to survive
- remnant
- surplus
花 huā- surname Hua
花 huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
花 huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
花 huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
败 bài- to defeat
- to damage
- to lose (to an opponent)
- to fail
- to wither
柳 liǔ- surname Liu
柳 liǔ- willow
柳 liǔ- old variant of 柳[liu3]
柳 liǔ- old variant of 柳[liu3]

Other Words Containing 残花败柳

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo