红杏出墙 — Chinese idiom
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
Traditional: 紅杏出牆
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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