拈花惹草 — Chinese idiom
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
Meaning
- lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass
- fig. to womanize
- to frequent brothels
- to sow one's wild oats
Character by character
- 拈niānto pick up with the fingers; to draw lots
- 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 惹rěto incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
- 草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch
Idioms sharing a character
- 手到拈来 shǒu dào niān lái
- 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
- 名花有主 míng huā yǒu zhǔ
- 天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì
- 奇花异草 qí huā yì cǎo
- 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù
- 寻花问柳 xún huā wèn liǔ
- 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng
- 摆花架子 bǎi huā jià zi
- 明日黄花 míng rì huáng huā
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