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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「惹草沾花」 and its explanation.

We’re presenting the idiom 「惹草沾花」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for flirting between men and women. Mostly refers to teasing women. Same as “picking flowers and grass”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rě cǎo zhān huā

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ye5 chou2 jim1 fa1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.