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Home / Idiom / 天花乱坠

(lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) · (fig.) extravagant embellishments; hype

天花乱坠
tiān huā luàn zhuì
t+iān·1st toneh+uā·1st tonel+uàn·4th tonezh+uì·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
not to the point · wide of the mark · neither here nor there · irrelevant不着边际bù zhuó biān jìgraceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words · cheating wheedling · dishonest rhetoric花言巧语huā yán qiǎo yǔsweet-sounding · beautiful (of sound)悦耳yuè ěr
Antonyms
(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recount events in a flat, colorless style平铺直叙píng pū zhí xùdull and uninteresting · not to show a spark of interest (in) · bored stiff · uninterested兴味索然xìng wèi suǒ rán
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