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红绿灯hóng lǜ dēng
traffic lights
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
红绿灯 | ||
1. Simplified form of 紅綠燈 | ||
紅綠燈 | hónglǜdēng | |
1. n. traffic light | ||
Components | ||
红 | ||
1. Simplified form of 紅 | ||
紅 | hóng | |
1. red | ||
紅色 - red (color), tr=hóngsè | ||
紅茶 - black tea, lit=red tea, tr=hóngchá | ||
紅包 - red packet, tr=hóngbāo | ||
紅綠.色盲 - red-green colour blindness, tr=hónglǜ sèmáng | ||
2. (colloquial) popular; in vogue | ||
翻紅 - to be popular again, tr=fānhóng | ||
邁克爾·傑克遜 沒有 以前 那麼 紅 了。 - Michael Jackson is not as popular as he used to be., tr=Màikè'ěr Jiékèxùn méiyǒu yǐqián nàme hóng le. | ||
3. the red clothes and bunting used on festive occasions | ||
披紅 - to drape in red silk as a sign of honor or for festivity, tr=pīhóng | ||
4. festive occasion; wedding | ||
紅白喜事 - weddings and funerals, tr=hóngbáixǐshì | ||
5. (figurative) revolutionary; Communist; Red | ||
紅軍 - Red army, tr=hóngjūn | ||
又紅又專 - to have a procommunist mindset along with professional skill, tr=yòuhóngyòuzhuān | ||
6. (business, finance) bonus; extra dividend | ||
分紅 - distribute or draw dividends, tr=fēnhóng | ||
7. (literary) flower | ||
殘紅 - fallen petals, tr=cánhóng | ||
8. (literary) beautiful woman | ||
9. (literary) blood | ||
落紅 - to bleed as an indication of a broken virginity, tr=luòhóng | ||
10. (euphemism, Cantonese, Hakka) blood tofu | ||
豬紅 - pig blood tofu | ||
雞紅 - chicken blood tofu | ||
Hong | ||
女紅gōng - the feminine arts (e.g. needlework, sewing, embroidery), tr=nǚgōng | ||
11. (Placename in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history, northeast of modern Tai'an, Shandong.) | ||
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 | ||
(syn, zh, 戴綠帽子) | ||
灯 | ||
1. Simplified form of 燈 | ||
燈 | dēng, dēn | |
1. lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) | ||
電燈 - electric light | ||
熄燈 - to turn off a light | ||
2. lamp (for heating) | ||
酒精燈 - alcohol burner | ||
3. (HKC, neologism) to jinx; to make incorrect predictions | ||
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Pronunciation
hóng lǜ dēng
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