插花 (chā huā) — to arrange flowers; (art of) flower arranging; to intersperse; to mix in
Definition
Literally 'insert flowers': the art of arranging flowers in a container, also used for inserting/interspersing one thing among others (e.g., foreign words into a speech). Treat as a separable verb (离合词): 插花 → 插了一会儿花, 上插花课.
verb
to arrange flowers(art of) flower arrangingto intersperseto mix in
Examples
- 。Tā xué chā le sān nián huā.She studied flower arranging for three years.
- 插花。Zhōu mò wǒ qù shàng chā huā kè.I'm going to a flower arranging class this weekend.
- 插花。Tā de yǎn jiǎng zhōng chā huā le yì xiē yīng wén.His speech interspersed some English words.
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