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红色

hóng sè

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

红 red plus 色 colour. 红 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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