残花败柳
cán​huā​bài​liǔ

fallen woman

  • created reference approved 残花败柳/殘花敗柳 → 败柳残花/敗柳殘花 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    残花败柳 / 殘花敗柳 cán​huā​bài​liǔ

    败柳残花 / 敗柳殘花 bài​liǔ​cán​huā

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 残花败柳/殘花敗柳 · cán​huā​bài​liǔ · fallen woman — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    残花败柳 / 殘花敗柳

    cán​huā​bài​liǔ

    fallen woman

    (idiom) withered flowers and broken willows; metaphor for a woman who has been discarded after being sexually exploited or who is considered promiscuous

    残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · incomplete 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to wither 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense