Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「紅紫亂朱」, with more below.
Today’s idiom is 「紅紫亂朱」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
In ancient times, red was considered the primary color and purple was considered a secondary color. Red, purple and vermilion refer to mixed colors that are mixed with the original color. A metaphor for the evil way replacing the right way.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóng zǐ luàn zhū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung4 ji2 lyun6 jyu1
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