Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「依翠偎紅」.
Here’s the idiom 「依翠偎紅」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Refers to a romantic affair with a younger woman. Cui refers to ornaments such as jadeite; Hong refers to cosmetics such as powder and lipstick. “Cui” and “hong” both refer to women.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī cuì wēi hóng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi1 cheui3 wui1 hung4
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
