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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「紛紅駭綠」, with more below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「紛紅駭綠」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Fen: scattered; red: refers to red flowers; Hai: scattered; green: refers to green leaves. Scattered red flowers and green leaves. Describes flowers, plants and trees swaying in the wind.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fēn hóng hài lǜ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fan1 hung4 haai5 luk6

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.