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红

hóng

HSK 2 · word 715 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

她脸红了。

tā liǎn hóng le

Her face turned red.

The character 红

红 is 纟, silk thread, beside 工: colour as something dyed. Red is the lucky colour here, which is why 红包 is money in a red envelope, and why 红 said of a person means popular.

Words containing 红

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