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鮮花插在牛糞上
简 鲜花插在牛粪上 · 繁 鮮花插在牛糞上Mandarin · pinyin xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng
Meanings
- lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
- fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
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- 鮮
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- 花
- huā · flower; blossoms
- 插
- chā · insert, stick into; plant
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 牛
- niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
- 糞
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- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 鲜
- xiān · fresh; delicious; attractive
- 粪
- fèn · manure, dung, excrement, night soil
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Mandarin tones
1–1–1–4–2–4–4 · xian1 hua1 cha1 zai4 niu2 fen4 shang4
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