







视丹如绿 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so overwhelmed by worry or grief that one's vision becomes blurred and distorted, seeing colors incorrectly; to have one's perception impaired by excessive sorrow”. Literally, “See red as green”.

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Open the tool →视丹如绿 (shì dān rú lǜ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so overwhelmed by worry or grief that one's vision becomes blurred and distorted, seeing colors incorrectly; to have one's perception impaired by excessive sorrow”.
视丹如绿 is pronounced shì dān rú lǜ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 视丹如绿 means “See red as green”. It is used to mean “to be so overwhelmed by worry or grief that one's vision becomes blurred and distorted, seeing colors incorrectly; to have one's perception impaired by excessive sorrow”.
丹:红。把红的看成绿的。形容因过分忧愁而目视昏花。