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Definition(s) for: 风花雪月

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè - wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
- love affair
- romance is in the air
- dissipated life

List Ranking:

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 35,078 18,678

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
huā- surname Hua
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
huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
xuě- surname Xue
xuě- snow
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
yuè- moon
- month
- monthly
- CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

Other Words Containing 风花雪月

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo