Definition
百花 literally means 'hundred flowers' and is a literary or formal term for a wide variety of flowers, often used in set phrases like 百花齐放 ('let a hundred flowers bloom'). It also appears in art contexts referring to the millefleur pattern. The word is not used in everyday speech to mean 'many flowers' — you'd say 很多花 instead.
n.
(literary) many flowersa hundred flowers(art) millefleur pattern
Examples
- ，百花，。Chūntiān dào le, bǎi shèngkāi, měi bú shèng shōu.Spring has arrived; a hundred flowers are in full bloom — it's too beautiful to take in.
- 百花。Zhè fú huà shàng de bǎi tú'àn fēicháng jīngzhì.The millefleur pattern in this painting is very exquisite.
- 百花。bǎi qí fàng de jǐngxiàng lìng rén táozuì.The scene of a hundred flowers blooming together is intoxicating.
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