| 词汇 | flowery kingdom |
| 词源 | Flowery Kingdom. The most ancient name of China, a translation of Hua Kuo. One theory has it that the Chinese first resided in barren central Asia and named their new country flowery in contrast to their grim desert home. But Hua Kuo may have been meant in one of the words other meanings of glorious, distinguished, and polished, with no reference to flowers at all. |
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