Read Edit View history Discussion 花瓜 huāguā pickled cucumber Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 花瓜 huāguā pickled cucumber pickled cucumber; specifically a small pickled cucumber or gherkin beaten or scolded severely (figurative) metaphor for being beaten until bleeding and bruised, or being scolded mercilessly Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Classifier 个 gèSynonym 花胡瓜 huāhúguā Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
花瓜 huāguā pickled cucumber pickled cucumber; specifically a small pickled cucumber or gherkin beaten or scolded severely (figurative) metaphor for being beaten until bleeding and bruised, or being scolded mercilessly Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Classifier 个 gèSynonym 花胡瓜 huāhúguā Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)