lián liǎn

lotus, water lily; paradise

DEFINITIONS

蓮 lián
  • lotus

WORDS

並蒂 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk; fig. a devoted married couple
wǔ lián Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
縣 wǔ lián xiàn Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
以法 yǐ fǎ lián Ephraim (city)
啞巴吃黃 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
夏士 xià shì lián Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
妙法華經 miào fǎ lián huá jīng The Lotus Sutra
旱金 hàn jīn lián garden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus
易初花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain)
曼荷女子學院 màn hé lián nǚ zǐ xué yuàn see 曼荷蓮學院|曼荷莲学院[Man4 he2 lian2 Xue2 yuan4]
曼荷學院 màn hé lián xué yuàn Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
林憶 lín yì lián Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
liú lián durian fruit; Durio zibethinus
族 liú lián zú worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with
果 liú lián guǒ durian fruit; also written 榴槤果|榴梿果
潘金 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
瑪麗・夢露 mǎ lì lián ・ mèng lòu Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
bái lián white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教
教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society
shuì lián water lily
hóng lián red lotus
huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
市 huā lián shì Hualien city on the east coast of Taiwan
縣 huā lián xiàn Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan
子 lián zǐ lotus seed
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