水性杨花
shuǐ​xìng​yáng​huā

fickle

  • created sense approved 水性杨花/水性楊花 · shuǐ​xìng​yáng​huā · fickle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水性杨花 / 水性楊花

    shuǐ​xìng​yáng​huā

    fickle

    Literally meaning that water flows with the terrain and willow blossoms drift in the wind; used to describe a woman who is fickle in love, wanton, or of easy virtue

    水性 (literal) → 水性 · shuǐ​xìng · fickle 杨花 (literal) → 杨花/楊花 · yáng​huā · poplar flowers

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

    created sense