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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「看朱成碧」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「看朱成碧」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

See red as green. Describes dizzy eyes and blurred vision.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kàn zhū chéng bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hon1/hon3 jyu1 sing4 bik1

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