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Chinese
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red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular |
sleeve
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| trad. (紅袖)
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紅
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袖
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| simp. (红袖)
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红
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袖
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Pronunciation
Noun
紅袖
- (literary) woman's red sleeve
- 紅袖佳人／红袖佳人 ― hóngxiù jiārén ― red-sleeved beauty
- (literary, metonymically) woman
風吹嫩葉滿柔枝，紅袖朝來捋翠蕤。時見綠陰明皓腕，却疑淸露滴燕脂。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《三灘集/삼탄집》, 1514
- Pung chwi nunyeop man yu ji, hongsu jo rae ral chwi yu. Si gyeon nogeum myeong ho wan, gak ui cheong ro jeok yeonji. [Sino-Korean]
- The wind blows on the young shoots that fill the tender branches,
The red-sleeved girl comes early morning to pluck the verdant fronds.
Sometimes I see the green leafage and her fair shining wrist,
But I wonder: has the pure dew wet her rouge?
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