má hồng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

+‎ hồng.

Pronunciation

Noun

hồng (𦟐紅)

  1. rosy cheeks; (figurative) young and beautiful women
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều), published 1866, lines 5–6:
      𨔍(Lạ)()(bỉ)(sắc)()(phong)
      𡗶(Trời)(xanh)(quen)(với)𦟐()(hồng)(đánh)(ghen)
      It’s not strange that beauty may beget misery.
      The jealous gods tend to heap spites on rosy-cheeked beauties.