红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng

fig. a wife having an illicit lover

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. a wife having an illicit lover
  2. 2. lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
红 hóng HSK 2
red; popular; revolutionary
杏 xìng
apricot; almond
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
墙 qiáng HSK 5
wall; variant of 牆qiáng, wall