姹紫嫣红 — Chinese idiom
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
Traditional: 奼紫嫣紅
Meaning
- lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds
- fig. beautiful flowers
Character by character
- 姹chàbeautiful, colorful; girl
- 紫zǐpurple, violet; amethyst; surname
- 嫣yāncaptivating, charming, fascinating
- 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
Idioms sharing a character
- 白苋紫茄 bái xiàn zǐ qié
- 紫气东来 zǐ qì dōng lái
- 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ
- 万紫千红 wàn zǐ qiān hóng
- 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào
- 一炮而红 yī pào ér hóng
- 柳绿花红 liǔ lǜ huā hóng
- 灯红酒绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
- 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén
- 红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng
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