灯红酒绿 — Chinese idiom
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
Traditional: 燈紅酒綠
Meaning
- lanterns red, wine green ; feasting and pleasure-seeking
- debauched and corrupt environment
Character by character
- 灯dēnglamp, lantern, light
- 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 绿lǜgreen; chlorine
Idioms sharing a character
- 吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là
- 张灯结彩 zhāng dēng jié cǎi
- 挑灯夜战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
- 一炮而红 yī pào ér hóng
- 姹紫嫣红 chà zǐ yān hóng
- 柳绿花红 liǔ lǜ huā hóng
- 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén
- 红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng
- 红男绿女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ
- 红颜薄命 hóng yán bó mìng
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