色令智昏 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to lose one's head over lust
• sex-crazy

Character by character

• 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
• 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
• 智zhìwisdom, knowledge, intelligence
• 昏hūndusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose

Idioms sharing a character

• 一路货色 yī lù huò sè
• 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
• 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
• 五色缤纷 wǔ sè bīn fēn
• 仙姿玉色 xiān zī yù sè
• 各色各样 gè sè gè yàng
• 喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè
• 国色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng
• 大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè
• 天香国色 tiān xiāng guó sè

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