绿林好汉 — Chinese idiom
绿林好汉
lù lín hǎo hàn
Traditional: 綠林好漢
Meaning
- chivalrous hero, often one who combats injustice or fights for a noble cause (originally referred to a group of outlaws who assembled in 绿林 (Lù lín))
Character by character
- 绿lùgreen; chlorine
- 林línforest, grove; surname
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
- 汉hànChinese people; Chinese language
Idioms sharing a character
- 柳绿花红 liǔ lǜ huā hóng
- 灯红酒绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
- 红男绿女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ
- 绿女红男 lǜ nǚ hóng nán
- 绿惨红愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu
- 绿树成荫 lǜ shù chéng yīn
- 绿草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn
- 脸都绿了 liǎn dōu lǜ le
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
- 杞梓之林 qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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