繁花

Fánhuā

popculture

Meanings

1 Blossoms Shanghai (2023 TV drama)
2 Wong Kar-wai's Shanghai-set series adapted from Jin Yucheng's novel; literal meaning: luxuriant blossoms

Characters

numerous; luxuriant

Examples

《繁花》是王家卫的第一部电视剧。

《Fánhuā》shì Wáng Jiāwèi de dì yī bù diànshìjù.

Blossoms Shanghai is Wong Kar-wai's first TV drama.

繁花讲的是九十年代上海的故事。

Fánhuā jiǎng de shì jiǔ shí niándài Shànghǎi de gùshì.

Blossoms tells stories of Shanghai in the 1990s.

胡歌凭繁花拿了白玉兰奖。

Hú Gē píng Fánhuā ná le Báiyùlán jiǎng.

Hu Ge won the Magnolia Award for Blossoms.

Tips

culture

Based on Jin Yucheng's (金宇澄) 2012 Shanghainese-dialect novel. Wong Kar-wai (王家卫) spent years making it; released end of 2023. Both Mandarin and Shanghainese versions aired simultaneously — a rare push for regional dialect on mainstream Chinese TV.

In Pop Culture

王家卫 Wáng Jiāwèi

Wong Kar-wai

Hong Kong auteur director (In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express); Blossoms is his first TV work.

胡歌 Hú Gē

Hu Ge

Lead actor playing 阿宝, previously known for Nirvana in Fire.

金宇澄 Jīn Yǔchéng

Jin Yucheng

Shanghai author whose 2012 novel 繁花 won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Stroke Order

繁 fán

花 huā