Cutting green and cutting red
It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is k è Cu ì C á IH ó ng, which means to use metaphor to modify the language. From Bai yuzhai CI Hua.
The origin of Idioms
The third volume of Bai Yu Zhai CI Hua written by Chen tingzhuo in Qing Dynasty: "Huan Xue CI written by Marquis Mao Hui is engraved with green and red for novelty."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : kè cuì cái hóng
Cutting green and cutting red
droop one 's head and allow oneself to be bound -- to give no resistance. fǔ shǒu jiù fù
Eating in the bowl, looking in the pot. chī zhe wǎn lǐ qiáo zhe guō lǐ
neither priest nor layman -- nondescript. bù sēng bù sú
the defects do not obscure the virtue. yú bù yǎn xiá
favours weighty as a mountain. ēn dé rú shān