拈花惹草

Traditional form:

拈花惹草

Pinyin (reading):

niānhuārěcǎo

Definitions:

• lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
• fig. to womanize
• to frequent brothels
• to sow one's wild oats

Characters:

• 拈 - to pick up with the fingers; to draw lots
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 惹 - to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch

Traditional characters:

• 拈 - to pick up with the fingers; to draw lots
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 惹 - to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch