红颜
hóng yán
Pinyin

Definition

红颜
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hóng yán
  1. a beautiful woman
  2. young beauties
  3. youths
  4. rosy cheeks

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大红
dà hóng
  1. 1 crimson
粉红
fěn hóng
  1. 1 pink
红
Hóng
  1. 1 surname Hong
红包
hóng bāo
  1. 1 money wrapped in red as a gift
  2. 2 bonus payment
  3. 3 kickback
  4. 4 bribe
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
颜色
yán sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 countenance
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 facial expression
  5. 5 pigment
  6. 6 dyestuff
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
分红
fēn hóng
  1. 1 dividend
  2. 2 to award a bonus
口红
kǒu hóng
  1. 1 lipstick
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
容颜
róng yán
  1. 1 mien
  2. 2 complexion
强颜欢笑
qiǎng yán huān xiào
  1. 1 to pretend to look happy
  2. 2 to force oneself to smile
汗颜
hàn yán
  1. 1 to blush with shame (literary)
泛红
fàn hóng
  1. 1 to blush
  2. 2 to redden
  3. 3 flushed
火红
huǒ hóng
  1. 1 fiery
  2. 2 blazing
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment
爆红
bào hóng
  1. 1 to be a big hit
  2. 2 to be hugely popular
番茄红素
fān qié hóng sù
  1. 1 Lycopene
当红
dāng hóng
  1. 1 currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
发红
fā hóng
  1. 1 to turn red
  2. 2 to blush
  3. 3 to flush

Idioms (20)

一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
又红又肿
yòu hóng yòu zhǒng
  1. 1 to be red and swollen (idiom)
唱红脸
chàng hóng liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the hero (idiom)
  2. 2 to play the good cop
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
  1. 1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi
  1. 1 smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
  2. 2 all smiles
  3. 3 joy written across one's face
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿惨红愁
lu:4 cǎn hóng chóu
  1. 1 (of women) grieved appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 sorrowful mien

Sample Sentences

嘿嘿，不过宝钗更好些，又温柔又善解人意。黛玉病恹恹的，红颜薄命不说，还是个大醋坛子！
hēihēi ，bùguò Bǎochāi gèng hǎo xiē ，yòu wēnróu yòu shànjiěrényì 。Dàiyù bìngyānyān de ，hóngyánbómìng bù shuō ，háishì ge dà cùtánzi ！
Ha-ha, but Baochai is a little better. She's soft and understanding. Daiyu is sickly-- we don't even have to talk about "beautiful women lead difficult lives”--- she's also extremely jealous!
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