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梨花帶雨

简梨花带雨 · 繁梨花帶雨

Mandarin · pinyin lí huā dài yǔ

lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
fig. tear-stained face of a beauty

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梨: lí · pear; opera; cut, slash
花: huā · flower; blossoms
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雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
带: dài · belt, girdle, band, strap, zone

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2–1–4–3 · li2 hua1 dai4 yu3

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(idiomatic) a weeping beauty

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