拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. fig. to womanize
  3. to frequent brothels
  4. to sow one's wild oats

CHARACTERS

拈 niān pick up with fingers; draw lots
花 huā
HSK 3
flower; blossoms
惹 rě
HSK 6
irritate, vex, offend, incite
草 cǎo
HSK 3
grass, straw, thatch, herbs