Usage of the character 艷
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艳
[艷]
- colorful
- splendid
- gaudy
- amorous
- romantic
- to envy
yànsè
艳色
[艷色]
- beauty
- glamor
- voluptuousness
yànyě
艳冶
[艷冶]
- bewitching
- beautiful
yànfú
艳福
[艷福]
- luck with women
lěngyàn
冷艳
[冷艷]
- (of a woman) beautiful but aloof
yànzhào
艳照
[艷照]
- nude picture
fěnyàn
粉艳
[粉艷]
- (of a woman, a flower etc) delicate colors
yànwǔ
艳舞
[艷舞]
- erotic dance
jìngyàn
竞艳
[競艷]
- vying to be the most glamorous
- each more gorgeous than the other
- beauty contest
yànyù
艳遇
[艷遇]
- encounter with a beautiful woman
- romance
- affair
yànlì
艳丽
[艷麗]
- gorgeous
- garish and beautiful
lièyàn
猎艳
[獵艷]
- to chase women
- to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
tǔyàn
吐艳
[吐艷]
- to burst into bloom
yànshī
艳诗
[艷詩]
- erotic verse
āiyàn
哀艳
[哀艷]
- plaintive and beautiful
- melancholy but gorgeous
jīngyàn
惊艳
[驚艷]
- stunning
- breathtaking
yěyàn
冶艳
[冶艷]
- bewitching
- beautiful
nóngyàn
浓艳
[濃艷]
- (of colors) garish
- rich
xiānyàn
鲜艳
[鮮艷]
- bright-colored; gaily-colored
měiyàn
美艳
[美艷]
- beautiful and alluring
- glamorous
- gorgeous
yànxiàn
艳羡
[艷羨]
- (literary) to admire; to envy
xiāngyàn
香艳
[香艷]
- alluring
- erotic
- romantic
yāoyàn
妖艳
[妖艷]
- pretty and flirtatious
guāngyàn
光艳
[光艷]
- bright and colorful; gorgeous
yànqíng
艳情
[艷情]
- romantic love
- romance
- erotic (novel etc)
hóngyànyàn
红艳艳
[紅艷艷]
- brilliant red
yànhóngsè
艳红色
[艷紅色]
- crimson
yànrútáolǐ
艳如桃李
[艷如桃李]
- lit. beautiful as peach and prune
- fig. radiant beauty
nóngzhuāngyànmǒ
浓妆艳抹
[濃妝艷抹]
- to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)
- dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
Qínhuáibāyàn
秦淮八艳
[秦淮八艷]
- the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河 ( Qínhuái Hé) in the late Ming or early Qing
zhēngyándòuyàn
争妍斗艳
[爭妍鬥艷]
- contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)
- vying in beauty and glamor