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華美

简华美 · 繁華美

Mandarin · pinyin huá měi

magnificent
gorgeous
ornate

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華: Look up this written character
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
华: huá · flowery; illustrious; Chinese

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2–3 · hua2 mei3

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adj · Etymology 1

magnificent and beautiful

name · Etymology 2

(usually attributive) China and the United States

name · Etymology 3

Huamei (a village in Chao'an district, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, once host to a station on the Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway)

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