| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 昙 | 曇 | tán | tan2 | dark clouds | ||
| 2 | 昙花 | 曇花 | tán huā | tan2 hua1 | Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) | ||
| 3 | 昙花一现 | 曇花一現 | tán huā yī xiàn | tan2 hua1 yi1 xian4 | lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived |