殘花敗柳

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	be defeated; to defeat; loss	willow
trad. (殘花敗柳)		殘	花	敗	柳
simp. (残花败柳)		残	花	败	柳
alternative forms		敗柳殘花／败柳残花
Literally: “broken flower, withered willow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánhuābàiliǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánhuābàiliǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánhuabàiliǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-hua¹-pai⁴-liu³
    • Yale: tsán-hwā-bài-lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnhuabayleou
    • Palladius: цаньхуабайлю (canʹxuabajlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵
    • Yale: chàahn fā baaih láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ fa¹ bai⁶ leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ faː⁵⁵ paːi̯²² lɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

殘花敗柳

1. (figurative, derogatory) impure woman, such as one who leads a promiscuous life, or one who has been abused and abandoned; fallen woman

See also

• 尋花問柳／寻花问柳 (xúnhuāwènliǔ)
• 傍花隨柳／傍花随柳
• 拈花弄柳
• 分花拂柳 (fēn huā fú liǔ)
• 攀花折柳
• 牆花路柳／墙花路柳
• 花紅柳綠／花红柳绿 (huāhóngliǔlǜ)