紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng

DEFINITIONS

  1. beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

CHARACTERS

紅 hóng red, vermillion; blush, flush
顏 yán face, facial appearance
薄 bó thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
命 mìng life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction