lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking; debauched and corrupt environment
trad. 燈紅酒綠
Also written 燈紅酒綠【dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ】
Characters in this word
4灯
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lamp, light, lantern, CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- Pinyin
- dēng
- Traditional
- 燈
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3264 of 2500
红
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surname Hong
- Pinyin
- Hóng
- Traditional
- 紅
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2651 of 2500
酒
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wine (esp. rice wine), liquor, spirits, alcoholic beverage, CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 931 of 2500
绿
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used in names
- Pinyin
- lù
- Traditional
- 綠
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 7609 of 2500