If a cloud is not floating in the sky, then it's still the water in the river; if a flower is not open, it's not yet a flower, but a bud.

如果没有云漂浮在天空，那么它仍然是河中的水，如果一朵花没开，它就还不是一朵花，而是一个芽。

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Minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond .

微小无根水生植物的一个属，有球形叶，漂浮于水面或生长于水面附近的地方。

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The pink flower is floating.

粉红色的花是浮动的。

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Like a flower floating on water, she drifted through the air.

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