花枝招展 |
huā zhī zhāo zhǎn |
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) |
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] |
花枝 |
huā zhī |
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman |
枝 |
zhī |
branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc |
招 |
zhāo |
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess |
招展 |
zhāo zhǎn |
to flutter / to sway |
展 |
Zhǎn |
surname Zhan |
展 |
zhǎn |
to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition |