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Definition(s) for: 红杏出墙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng - lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
- fig. a wife having an illicit lover

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 49,607 29,380

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hóng- surname Hong
gōng- used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1]
hóng- red
- popular
- revolutionary
- bonus
xìng- apricot
- (bound form) almond
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
qiáng- variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
qiáng- wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])
- (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])

Other Words Containing 红杏出墙

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo