苦菜花

Kǔcàihuā
Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying 冯德英 Féng Déyīng, made into a film in 1965

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 苦菜 kǔcài
  1. (literally) bitter vegetable
  2. Alternative name for 敗醬／败酱.
  3. bitter vegetable
  4. common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
=2 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
=2 花 huā old variant of 花 huā
=2 花 huā
  1. variant of 花 huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi