花拳

showy boxing of no practical use / see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

fist / boxing

flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery

Mianhua Quanji - "Cotton Boxing" (Chinese Martial Art)

Meihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)