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红色

hóng

HSK 2 · word 716 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

红色不流行了。

hóng sè bù liú xíng le

Red is out of fashion.

Characters in 红色

red plus colour. carries luck and celebration in Chinese, which is why 红包 is a gift envelope rather than merely a red one.

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