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浅绿色qiǎn lǜ sè
pale green
Definitions
| Components | ||
| 绿色 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 綠色 | ||
| 綠色 | lǜsè | |
| 1. n. the color green | ||
| 2. adj. (agriculture, of food) pollutant-free; organic; healthy | ||
| 3. adj. environmentally friendly; eco-friendly; sustainable | ||
| 綠色 建築 - eco-friendly architecture | ||
| 4. adj. focused on environmental protection and sustainable development | ||
| 綠色 教育 - education with a focus on environmental protection | ||
| 浅 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 淺 | ||
| 淺 | qiǎn | |
| 1. shallow; not deep | ||
| (ant, zh, 深) | ||
| 2. superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant | ||
| 3. simple; easy-to-understand | ||
| 4. not intimate; distant | ||
| 5. (of colours) light; pale | ||
| Synonyms: 淡 | ||
| (ant, zh, 深, 濃) | ||
| 6. (of time) short; not long | ||
| 7. (of level) slight; light | ||
| 绿 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 綠 | ||
| 綠 | lǜ, lù | |
| 1. green | ||
| 綠色 - green (color) | ||
| 2. to become green | ||
| 3. (literary, only of hair) black and glossy (especially in a youthful-looking way) | ||
| 綠鬢 - black hair | ||
| 4. healthy; environmentally friendly; green | ||
| 綠 建築 - green building | ||
| 綠 住宅 - green home | ||
| 5. green leaves | ||
| 6. green field | ||
| 7. (zh-original, *籙) | ||
| 8. Alternative form of 菉 (name of a plant) | ||
| 9. (symbolic) Islam(ic); Muslim | ||
| 綠教 - (slang) Islam | ||
| 10. (politics) related to the pro-independence pan-Green coalition of Taiwan | ||
| 綠營 - Pro-Taiwan Independence camp | ||
| 11. (slang) to cuckold | ||
| Synonyms: 戴綠帽子 | ||
| 色 | sè, shǎi, shè | |
| 1. color; tint; hue; shade | ||
| 顏色 - color | ||
| 顏色shǎi兒r - color | ||
| 紅色 - red | ||
| 四.色.定理 - four color theorem | ||
| 2. (zh-no-solo) look; expression | ||
| 臉色 - facial expression | ||
| 3. (zh-no-solo) scenery; circumstance | ||
| 景色 - scenery | ||
| 夜色 - night scenery | ||
| 4. kind; sort | ||
| 貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification | ||
| 5. feminine charm; beauty | ||
| 姿色 - good looks (of women) | ||
| 6. lust; sexual desire | ||
| 好hào色 - to lust for women | ||
| 色情 - pornography; sexual desire | ||
| 7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous | ||
| 8. theatrical role | ||
| 角jué色 - role; part | ||
| 9. metallic content | ||
| 成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy) | ||
| 10. die (a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance) | ||
| 色shǎi子zi - die | ||
| 11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.) | ||
| 色 即 是 空，空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. | ||
| 12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍; cypro (cyproterone acetate) | ||
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Pronunciation
qiǎn lǜ sè
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