孽海花

Nièhǎihuā
A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮 Jīn Tiānhé and Zeng Pu 曾朴 Zēng Pǔ

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 孽 niè variant of 孽 niè
=1 孽 niè
  1. son born of a concubine
  2. disaster
  3. sin
  4. evil
2 海 hǎi
  1. ocean
  2. sea
  3. great number of people or things
  4. (dialect) numerous

classifiers: 個, 片
=3 花 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇
=3 花 huā old variant of 花 huā
=3 花 huā
  1. variant of 花 huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi