華

overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)

aristocracy; nobility

flowers of the season

Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore); Sinosphere

bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)

anthology (of poems); florilegium

China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land

special guests

Chinese (language)

ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant

Buddhism

Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)

flower or branch fastened in the hair

ideal land; perfect country

afternoon nap

world of ikebana; ikebana circles

flowers of sulfur; flowers of sulphur

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)

beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower

Buddhism

flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base

hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite

travertine

Chinese newspaper