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花店
huā​diàn

flower shop

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 棉花店着火 mián​hua​diàn​zháo​huǒ nothing more to talk about
    Literally "a cotton shop on fire," this is a punning expression meaning there is nothing left to talk about. The pun relies on the word [[谈|談|tan2]] sounding like [[弹|彈|tan2]]. If the cotton shop burns down, there is no more cotton to fluff, hence "no [[弹|彈|tan2]]" is used to mean "no [[谈|談|tan2]]."
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