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烟花

yānhuā

fireworks

Colorful firework bursts over a dark city skyline with a child pointing up
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Characters in this word

烟 yān

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 因 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

花 huā

Strokes
7
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 城市禁放烟花后,除夕夜安静了许多,空气质量也明显改善。 Chéngshì jìnfàng yānhuā hòu, chúxī yè ānjìng le xǔduō, kōngqì zhìliàng yě míngxiǎn gǎishàn. After the city banned fireworks, New Year's Eve became much quieter and the air quality improved noticeably.
  • 过节的时候,孩子们喜欢在院子里看烟花。 Guòjié de shíhou, háizi men xǐhuan zài yuànzi li kàn yānhuā. During holidays, children love watching fireworks in the courtyard.
  • 除夕夜,烟花把整座城市的天空照得五彩缤纷。 Chúxī yè, yānhuā bǎ zhěng zuò chéngshì de tiānkōng zhào de wǔcǎi bīnfēn. On New Year's Eve, fireworks lit the whole city's sky in dazzling colors.

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