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天花乱坠

tiān huā luàn zhuì

4-character word Traditional 天花亂墜

What 天花乱坠 means

1. (lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
2. (fig.) extravagant embellishments; hype

The characters in 天花乱坠

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
• 坠zhuìto fall; to drop; to weigh down

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