红杏出墙

Traditional: 紅杏出牆

hóng xìng chū qiáng

Dictionary entry

lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

What does 红杏出墙 mean?

红杏出墙 (hóng xìng chū qiáng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

2fig. a wife having an illicit lover

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红Hóngsurname Hong 杏xìngapricot · (bound form) almond 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 墙qiángvariant of 牆|墙[qiang2]

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红杏出墙

hóng xìng chū qiáng

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