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Processed by: richwarm (2024-02-29 20:59:34 UTC)
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Collective term, one dictionary's definition: "花的总称"
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Editor: 花朵 can be singular or plural.
In such cases we normally use the singular for the definition.

Here are some examples of usage in the singular:

在缺乏國民意識與歷史認知的社會基礎下,讓台灣民主恰如長在纖弱根莖上的碩大花朵,極其美麗也異常脆弱。
He said that with society's relative lack of national consciousness and historical awareness, democracy in Taiwan is like an enormous flower on a weak stalk: beautiful but very vulnerable.

十五年前,林正盛逃離了麵包師傅的烘爐,投入電影的懷抱,一路由拍紀錄片,站上了柏林影展的世界舞台,榮獲最佳導演,在貧瘠的台灣電影工業中,開出獨具姿態的花朵。
Fifteen years ago, Lin Cheng-sheng escaped the life of a baker and fell into the embrace of the cinema. On the way he has filmed documentaries and stood on the world stage of the Berlin International Film Festival to accept the award for Best Director. In the barren desert of Taiwan's movie industry, his is a rare flower indeed.

從當年眼戴墨鏡、頭頂捲髮,嘶吼「台北不是我的家…」的羅大佑;踩著機械舞步哼唱〈妳是我的花朵〉的伍佰;一群人飛跳高喊〈私奔到月球〉的五月天;陰柔低吟〈小情歌〉的蘇打綠;到絮絮叨叨〈100種生活〉的盧廣仲……,他們從「地下」躍上台面,從非主流跨入主流,一再為台灣獨立音樂立下典範。
A besunglassed Luo Ta-you rasping that “Taipei is not my home”; Wu Bai proclaiming that “you are my flower” while doing the Robot; Mayday taking flight with “Eloping to the Moon”; the warm tones of Soda­green’s “Little Love Song”; the “100 Ways to Live” of Crowd Lu.... Over the years, several such “underground” acts in Taiwan have leapt into the mainstream limelight, setting new standards for independent music on the island.

故事說仙人送了秦始皇兩朵鮮花,並交代他,將含苞的花送給老婆,而把盛開的花送給母親。然而秦始皇覺得盛開的花比較漂亮,於是將之送給了老婆。結果老婆就如盛開的花朵很快就凋謝變醜,而母親卻如含苞的花朵日益嬌豔。
As Ah-feng tells it, a fairy gave the emperor two flowers, one not yet opened and the other in full bloom. The fairy instructed the emperor to give the closed bud to his wife and the other to his mother, but the emperor thought the one in full bloom much more beautiful and so gave it to his wife. Just like the flower, however, his wife soon passed beyond her prime and turned haggard, while his mother's beauty only increased.

經過九天九夜不眠不休的盼望,克萊荻亞的雙腳變成了根,纖弱的玉體變成枝葉,蒼白的小臉則變成了花朵。
After she pined for nine days and nine nights, Clytie's legs turned into stems, her delicate body turned into leaves, and her wan face transformed into a flower.

卻又相互影響,帶著一些共通性,可以說就像一朵重瓣交疊的花朵。
Each sphere was independent and unique, but the various spheres also interacted with and influenced each other, so that they all shared certain common characteristics. He likens their relationship to the petals in a flower, which overlap partially, but never all the way.

- 建築就像一個城市的花朵般,如果不能從立足的土壤裡長出來、不能保有自己的根,那就只能裝在花瓶裡供人觀賞,再美麗的光景也只能維持幾天。

- 有別於許多國際救援團隊NGO著重住屋、學校重建等硬體援助,執行「一萬個希望」的台灣兒童暨家庭扶助基金會從心靈出發,聚焦在兒童和青少年的創傷復元,將沿海鄉鎮曾一度被海嘯摧毀的社區網路和崩解的人際連結重新建構,並找回再出發的動能,成為斯里蘭卡災後重建版塊中,一朵別緻的花朵。
Diff:
# - 花朵 花朵 [hua1 duo3] /flower/
# + 花朵 花朵 [hua1 duo3] /flowers (collectively)/
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