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The character 蕾 is a phono-semantic compound. Its grass radical 艹 at the top places it in the semantic category of plants and vegetation. The lower component 雷 (thunder) functions purely as a phonetic marker for pronunciation. 蕾 has a precise meaning: the unopened bud of a flower. It is commonly used in both everyday language and literature to describe floral buds, and occasionally carries metaphorical connotations of youth, emerging beauty, or something in an early, undeveloped stage.
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花园里有许多花蕾。
蕾丝连衣裙很漂亮。
她喜欢跳芭蕾舞。
这些花蕾明天就会开花。
我用蕾丝装饰了我的帽子。
芭蕾舞演员的表演很精彩。
当花蕾绽放时，春天就来了。
她穿着蕾丝边裙子去参加芭蕾舞会。