红杏出墙
Traditional form:
紅杏出牆
Pinyin (reading):
hóngxìngchūqiáng
Definitions:
- lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
- fig. a wife having an illicit lover
Characters:
- 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
- 杏 - apricot; almond
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 墙 - wall
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