| 鲜花插在牛粪上 |
xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng |
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man) |
| 鲜 |
xiǎn |
variant of 鲜 |
| 鲜 |
xiǎn |
variant of 鲜 |
| 鲜 |
xiān |
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods |
| 鲜 |
xiǎn |
few / rare |
| 鲜 |
xiān |
fish / old variant of 鲜 |
| 鲜 |
xiǎn |
old variant of 鲜 |
| 鲜花 |
xiān huā |
flower / fresh flowers / CL:朵 |
| 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] |
| 插 |
chā |
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose |
| 插 |
chā |
old variant of 插 |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 牛 |
Niú |
surname Niu |
| 牛 |
niú |
ox / cow / bull / CL:条,头 / newton (abbr. for 牛顿) / (slang) awesome |
| 粪 |
fèn |
manure / dung |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |