梨 花 带 雨

lí huā dài yǔdictionary entry

lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty

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Original source entry:

梨花帶雨 梨花带雨 [li2 hua1 dai4 yu3] /lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)/fig. tear-stained face of a beauty/

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Other forms in these source records: 梨花帶雨

梨
lí
pear / CL:個|个[gè]
花
huā
flower / blossom / CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful / also pr. [wěi]
Huā
surname Hua
带
dài
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiáo] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
雨
yǔ
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],場|场[cháng]
yù
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet

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