汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 含苞待放
含苞待放
in bud / budding
Describe the shape of the flower when it is about to bloom / It is also a metaphor for a girl who will become an adult
裹着花苞快要开放。
hán bāo dài/dāi fàng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

保持耐心,让生活如含苞待放的花蕾。

Have patience and let your life unfold like a budding flower.

而睡莲——含苞待放时黄色的小花蕾,犹如水中游动的小蛇——此时也不复存在。

Now the lilies also have gone-the yellow small-headed kind that in bud are like swimming snakes.

黑兹尔紧随其后;他们一起溜走了,毫不费劲的穿过了森林,那里,第一朵迎春花含苞待放

Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom.

记者昨早漫步西湖公园,腊梅幽香扑鼻而来,西湖畔满眼是傲立枝头含苞待放的腊梅花。

Reporter early yesterday took a stroll park West Lake, the wax plum You joss-stick came into nostrils since then, West Lake the side eyeful was an Ao to sign a wax plum flower with just budding head.

一串含苞待放的紫色兰花散发出诱人的香气,呜兹刚刚把鼻子凑上去打算闻一闻,花苞忽地炸开,弹出来的花粉抢得他打了个巨大的喷嚏。

A bunch of budding purple orchids emit enticing aromas, Woods just going to put his nose to smell a little, bud suddenly exploded, the pollen getting a pop up called him a huge sneeze.