看破红尘 — Chinese idiom
看破红尘
kàn pò hóng chén
Traditional: 看破紅塵
Meaning
- to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
Character by character
- 看kànto look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
- 尘chéncinders, ashes, dust, dirt
Idioms sharing a character
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 看人行事 kàn rén xíng shì
- 看家本领 kān jiā běn lǐng
- 看菜吃饭 kàn cài chī fàn
- 走马看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā
- 雾里看花 wù lǐ kàn huā
- 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
- 国破家亡 guó pò jiā wáng
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