裁红点翠 — “Cutting red, dotting green (referring to selecting and arranging colorful elements, metaphorically applied to literary composition)”
裁红点翠 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to meticulously choose and use elegant, flowery, or ornate language in writing or speech; to embellish one's literary work”. Literally, “Cutting red, dotting green (referring to selecting and arranging colorful elements, metaphorically applied to literary composition)”.
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What does 裁红点翠 mean?
裁红点翠 (cái hóng diǎn cuì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to meticulously choose and use elegant, flowery, or ornate language in writing or speech; to embellish one's literary work”.
How do you pronounce 裁红点翠?
裁红点翠 is pronounced cái hóng diǎn cuì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 裁红点翠 literally mean?
Literally, 裁红点翠 means “Cutting red, dotting green (referring to selecting and arranging colorful elements, metaphorically applied to literary composition)”. It is used to mean “to meticulously choose and use elegant, flowery, or ornate language in writing or speech; to embellish one's literary work”.
What is the Chinese definition of 裁红点翠?
①采摘花卉。②比喻选择华丽的辞藻。