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弹花

tán huā

2-character word Traditional 彈花

What 弹花 means

1. to soften cotton fiber by fluffing

The characters in 弹花

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern

Sounds the same

Read tán huā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昙花Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

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