Definition
水花 (shuǐ huā) literally means 'water flower' and most commonly refers to spray or splash created when water hits a surface — the droplets that burst into flower-like patterns. In some regional dialects or traditional medicine, it can also mean chicken pox (标准说法是水痘). The spray sense appears in both literal descriptions (跳水运动员的水花) and poetic metaphors (水花四溅).
n.
spraysplash (from water impact)(dialectal) chicken pox (same as 水痘)
Examples
- 水花。Tiàoshuǐ yùndòngyuán rù shuǐ shí jīhū bù jiàn qǐ shuǐ huā.The diver enters the water with almost no splash.
- ，水花。Pùbù cóng gāo chù luò xià, jī qǐ céng céng shuǐ huā.The waterfall falls from a height, stirring up layers of spray.
- 水花，。Zhège háizi dé le shuǐ huā, xūyào zàijiā xiūxi.This child has chicken pox and needs to rest at home.
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