Red, purple and vermilion
Red, purple and vermilion, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ó ngz à Lu à nzh à, which means red, purple and vermilion refers to variegated and disordered colors. It is a metaphor of evil replacing right. It comes from the Analects of Confucius Yang Huo.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: red, purple and Zhu
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius, Yang Huo: "Confucius said: the evil purple will take away Zhu." "Zhao Qi's epigraph of Mencius notes" says: "the right side is blocked, the benevolence and righteousness are idle, the sycophant and the hypocrisy gallop, and the red and purple are in disorder."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : hóng zǐ luàn zhū
Red, purple and vermilion
concentrate on the main points. tí gāng qiè lǐng
to hold on to one job while seeking a better one. qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ
Single worry and extreme exhaustion. dān yōu jí cuì
production surpasses consumption. shēng zhòng shí guǎ
have a recipe for eternal youth. zhù yán yǒu shù