| 昙花一现 |
tán huā yī xiàn |
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived |
| 昙 |
tán |
dark clouds |
| 昙花 |
tán huā |
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) |
| 花 |
Huā |
surname Hua |
| 花 |
huā |
flower / blossom / CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful |
| 花 |
huā |
old variant of 花 |
| 花 |
huā |
variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 现 |
xiàn |
to appear / present / now / existing / current |