鲜花插在牛粪上

Traditional: 鮮花插在牛糞上

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Dictionary entry

lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure

What does 鲜花插在牛粪上 mean?

鲜花插在牛粪上 (xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure

2fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)

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鲜xiǎnvariant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]花Huāsurname Hua 插chāto insert · stick in 在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 牛Niúsurname Niu 粪fènmanure · dung 上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

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