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风花雪月

fēng huā xuě yuè

4-character word Traditional 風花雪月

What 风花雪月 means

1. wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
2. love affair
3. romance is in the air
4. dissipated life

The characters in 风花雪月

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 月yuèmoon; month; monthly

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