风华 (fēng huá) — elegance and talent; literary grace and brilliance

Definition

A literary noun for a person's elegance, talent, and youthful brilliance — used in writing to praise someone's charm and charisma, not for everyday speech.

noun
elegance and talentliterary grace and brilliance

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā nián qīng shí fēng huá zhèng mào, shì quán xiào yǒu míng de cái zǐ.
    In his youth he was in his prime, a well-known scholar at the school.
  • 风华。
    Tā de sǎn wén lǐ chōng mǎn le jiāng nán de fēng huá.
    Her prose is full of the elegance and charm of the Jiangnan region.
  • 风华，。
    Zhè wèi qián bèi de fēng huá yǔ qì dù, lìng rén jìng pèi.
    This senior's grace and poise command admiration.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

风fēnggrace or style
华huábrilliance

风 suggests grace or style and 华 suggests brilliance, together meaning elegance and talent.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

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