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Definition(s) for: 天花乱坠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì - lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
- fig. extravagant embellishments; hype

List Ranking for: 天花乱坠

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 25,150 47,549 36,135

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
天 tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
花 huā- surname Hua
花 huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
花 huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
花 huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
乱 luàn- in confusion or disorder
- in a confused state of mind
- disorder
- upheaval
- riot
- illicit sexual relations
- to throw into disorder
- to mix up
- indiscriminate
- random
- arbitrary
坠 zhuì- to fall
- to drop
- to weigh down

Other Words Containing 天花乱坠

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
天花乱坠 - - 25,150 47,549 36,135