柳绿花红 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) green willows and red flowers
• (fig.) all the colors of spring

Character by character

• 柳liǔwillow tree; pleasure; surname
• 绿lǜgreen; chlorine
• 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular

Idioms sharing a character

• 寻花问柳 xún huā wèn liǔ
• 柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng
• 柳烟花雾 liǔ yān huā wù
• 残花败柳 cán huā bài liǔ
• 无心插柳 wú xīn chā liǔ
• 花街柳巷 huā jiē liǔ xiàng
• 随风倒柳 suí fēng dǎo liǔ
• 灯红酒绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
• 红男绿女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ
• 绿女红男 lǜ nǚ hóng nán

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