鉛華
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Chinese
| lead (metal) | flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
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| trad. (鉛華) | 鉛 | 華 | |
| simp. (铅华) | 铅 | 华 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cianhuá
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-hua2
- Yale: chyān-hwá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianhwa
- Palladius: цяньхуа (cjanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: ywen xwae
Noun
鉛華
- (historical, of women) face powder; ceruse
- 延頸秀項，皓質呈露。芳澤無加，鉛華弗御。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 223, Cao Zhi (曹植),《洛神賦》, translated by Burton Watson
- Yán jǐng xiù xiàng, hàozhì chénglù. Fāngzé wú jiā, qiānhuá fú yù.
- At her slim throat and curving neck, the pale flesh lies open to view, no scented ointments overlaying it, no coat of leaden powder applied.
延颈秀项，皓质呈露。芳泽无加，铅华弗御。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (poetic) beauty and youth of a lass
- (figuratively) showiness; meretricious; superficialities