红杏出墙 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall
• fig. a wife having an illicit lover

Character by character

• 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 杏xìngapricot; almond
• 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 墙qiángwall

Idioms sharing a character

• 一炮而红 yī pào ér hóng
• 姹紫嫣红 chà zǐ yān 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
• 红男绿女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ
• 红颜薄命 hóng yán bó mìng
• 绿女红男 lǜ nǚ hóng nán
• 绿惨红愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu
• 脸红筋暴 liǎn hóng jīn bào

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