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花叢

简花丛 · 繁花叢

Mandarin · pinyin huā cóng

cluster of flowers
inflorescence
flowering shrub

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
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丛: cóng · bush, shrub; thicket; collection

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1–2 · hua1 cong2

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noun

cluster of flowers; flowering shrub
(figurative) group of women (especially in a brothel)

name

(～鎮) Huacong (a town in Enyang district, Bazhong, Sichuan, China)

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