花花世界

Mandarin · pinyin huā huā shì jiè

Meanings

  1. the teeming world
  2. the world of sensual pleasures
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花
huā · flower; blossoms
世
shì · generation; world; era
界
jiè · boundary, limit; domain; society; the world
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1–1–4–4 · hua1 hua1 shi4 jie4

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  1. (idiomatic) the dazzling and bustling world; the world of sensual pleasures; this mortal world
  2. (chiefly derogatory) the human world; the world of mortals

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