红杏出墙
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); fig. a wife having an illicit lover
idiom
Traditional: 紅杏出牆
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- (idiom) lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
- fig. a wife having an illicit lover
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Related Words
杏树(xìng shù)— apricot tree
→一枝独秀(yī zhī dú xiù)— lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
→有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴(yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn)— lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
→一败涂地(yī bài tú dì)— failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
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