浓墨重彩 — Chinese idiom
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
Traditional: 濃墨重彩
Meaning
- thick and heavy in colors
- to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail
Character by character
- 浓nóngconcentrated, dense, strong, thick
- 墨mòink; writing; Mexico
- 重zhòngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 彩cǎicolor, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated
Idioms sharing a character
- 淡妆浓抹 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
- 浓妆艳抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
- 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
- 挥毫洒墨 huī háo sǎ mò
- 粉墨登场 fěn mò dēng chǎng
- 舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò
- 规矩绳墨 guī ju shéng mò
- 词人墨客 cí rén mò kè
- 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
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