Word information
Simplified红杏出墙
Traditional紅杏出牆
Pinyinhóng xìng chū qiáng
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Chinese word dictionary
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
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