Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「刻翠裁紅」, as shown below.
Here’s the idiom 「刻翠裁紅」, with its definition and practical application described below.
A metaphor for the extreme embellishment of words.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kè cuì cái hóng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hak1 cheui3 choi4 hung4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
