华丽

huálì · HSK 7

magnificent

💎✨ 华 (splendid) + 丽 (beautiful) = magnificent, gorgeous

华 carries the sense of splendid or flowery; 丽 means beautiful. Stacked together they intensify into magnificent or gorgeous. The huá start also opens 华丽 like 中华 (China), the splendid land.

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