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殘花敗柳

简残花败柳 · 繁殘花敗柳

Mandarin · pinyin cán huā bài liǔ

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殘: Look up this written character
花: huā · flower; blossoms
敗: Look up this written character
柳: liǔ · willow tree; pleasure; 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae
残: cán · injure, spoil; oppress; broken
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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2–1–4–3 · can2 hua1 bai4 liu3

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caan4 faa1 baai6 lau5

Cantonese word readings for 殘花敗柳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(figurative, derogatory) impure woman, such as one who leads a promiscuous life, or one who has been abused and abandoned; fallen woman