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昙花

tán huā

2-character word Traditional 曇花

What 昙花 means

1. Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

The characters in 昙花

• 昙tándark clouds
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern

Words starting with 昙花

• 昙花一现tán huā yī xiànlit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived

Sounds the same

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

• 弹花to soften cotton fiber by fluffing

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