created sense approved 海上花 · hǎishànghuā · Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
海上花
hǎishànghuā
Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai
short title of the classic novel by Han Bangqing depicting the lives of courtesans in the foreign concessions of Shanghai during the late Qing dynasty
海上 (literal) → 海上 · hǎishàng · Shanghai 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · beauty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 海上花 · hǎishànghuā · flowers on the sea — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
海上花
hǎishànghuā
flowers on the sea
(literary) flowers drifting on the sea, often used as a metaphor for courtesans in old Shanghai
海上 (literal) → 海上 · hǎishàng · at sea 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition