Definition
花腔 has two distinct meanings that are unrelated in English. In opera it refers to coloratura — the fast, ornamented vocal style in arias. In everyday speech it describes flowery, insincere talk meant to mislead or flatter, similar to 'sweet talk' or 'rhetoric' in a negative sense. Context determines which meaning applies.
noun
coloratura (elaborate vocal technique in opera)flowery but deceptive talkrhetoric
Examples
- 花腔。Zhè wèi nǚgāoyīn yǐ chàng huā qiāng zhùchēng.This soprano is famous for singing coloratura.
- 花腔，。Bié tīng tā de huā qiāng, tā zhǐ shì zài piàn rén.Don't listen to his flowery talk — he's just trying to deceive people.
- 花腔，。Tā nà yí tào huā qiāng shuō dé tiānhuāluànzhuì, dàn méi rén xiāngxìn.He spun that whole spiel of sweet talk so floridly, but nobody believed it.
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