看破红尘

Traditional form:

看破紅塵

Pinyin (reading):

kànpò-hóngchén

Definitions:

• (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society

Characters:

• 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 尘 - cinders, ashes, dust, dirt

Traditional characters:

• 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 紅 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 塵 - cinders, ashes, dust, dirt