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花會

简花会 · 繁花會

Mandarin · pinyin huā huì

flower fair or festival

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
會: huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
会: huì · assemble, meet together; meeting

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1–4 · hua1 hui4

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faa1 wui2

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noun

flower fair (a traditional activity popular in Hebei province, often held during the Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival, featuring numerous varieties of folk song, dance, Chinese opera, stiltwalking, fan drums, lion dance, and "dry boats")
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin, gambling, historical) an illegal gambling numbers game, from Early Ming dynasty till it was banned in 1949, historically popular in Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Beijing, and further across Mainland China, Taiwan and abroad
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin, gambling, historical) an illegal gambling numbers game, from Early Ming dynasty till it was banned in 1949, historically popular in Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Beijing, and further across Mainland China, Taiwan and abroad — (gambling, historical) a gambling game using an octangular teetotum with 5 to 8 characters
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin, gambling, historical) an illegal gambling numbers game, from Early Ming dynasty till it was banned in 1949, historically popular in Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Beijing, and further across Mainland China, Taiwan and abroad — (gambling, historical) a gambling game played by shaking dice without a teetotum with up to 37 characters

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