lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure; fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
trad. 鮮花插在牛糞上
Also written 鮮花插在牛糞上【xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng】
Characters in this word
7鲜
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variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
- Pinyin
- xiǎn
- Traditional
- 尟
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 40824 of 2500
花
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surname Hua
- Pinyin
- Huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 755 of 2500
插
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to insert, stick in, pierce, to take part in, to interfere, to interpose
- Pinyin
- chā
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4024 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
牛
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surname Niu
- Pinyin
- Niú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2680 of 2500
粪
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manure, dung
- Pinyin
- fèn
- Traditional
- 糞
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 13414 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500