extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; form and content; appearance and substance
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
capital; national capital
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
rikka; formal style of ikebana
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan; Republic of China (country controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949)
bowl of rice topped with a chop-suey-like mixture
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
People's Republic of China
Japan and the Republic of China
bright light; wedding ceremony
lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy
influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)
zinc white; zinc oxide; flowers of zinc
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
empty show; frivolity; levity
aristocratic class system; system of peerage ranks
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
written seal; stylized signature
anthology (of poems); florilegium
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore); Sinosphere
concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China
cobalt bloom; erythrite; erythrine; red cobalt; cobalt ocher (ochre)
offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute
sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
Jinhua ham (special Chinese ham)
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land
ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
monument at cemetery entrance
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance
calcareous sinter; travertine
to seek results, not show; (lit.) to discard the flower for the fruit
tea ceremony and flower arranging
beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower
world of ikebana; ikebana circles
flowers of sulfur; flowers of sulphur
ideal land; perfect country; afternoon nap
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
flowery yet empty words; pretentious talk; insubstantial statements; Chinese (language)
Koka Women's College (former name)
authentic Chinese food (served at a Chinese-run restaurant); authentic Chinese restaurant
Center China Normal University; CCNU
Huazhong University of Science & Technology; HUST
South China University of Technology; SCUT
South China Agricultural University; SCAU
South China Normal University
Chinese chef's knife (resembles a cleaver)
Chinese restaurant syndrome; CRS
gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana
Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
sublimation printing; sublimation transfer
deposition (phase transition); desublimation
Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum)
zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)