五颜六色 (五顏六色)
wǔ yán liù sè
Pinyin

Definition

五颜六色 (五顏六色)
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wǔ yán liù sè
  1. multi-colored
  2. every color under the sun

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
六
liù
  1. 1 six
  2. 2 6
彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
第五
dì wǔ
  1. 1 fifth
颜色
yán sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 countenance
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 facial expression
  5. 5 pigment
  6. 6 dyestuff

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我妈妈不喜欢我五颜六色的头发。
wǒ māma bù xǐhuan wǒ wǔyánliùsè de tóufa 。
My mother doesn’t like my colourful hair.
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五颜六色
wǔyánliùsè
colourful
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花园里有五颜六色的花。
huāyuán lǐ yǒu wǔyánliùsè de huā 。
In the garden, there are colourful flowers.
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这件衣服五颜六色，真漂亮。
zhè jiàn yīfu wǔyánliùsè ，zhēn piàoliang 。
This clothing is very colourful. It’s pretty.
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他把头发染成五颜六色的，一看就是个不三不四的人。
tā bǎ tóufa rǎn chéng wǔyánliùsè de ，yī kàn jiù shì gè bùsānbùsì de rén 。
His hair is dyed all kinds of different colors. He looks like a bad guy.
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晚上在外滩呢五颜六色的，很漂亮。
wǎnshang zài Wàitān ne wǔyánliùsè de ，hěn piàoliang 。
The Bund at night is full of color. It's very pretty.
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春天，公园里开满了五颜六色的花儿。
chūntiān ，gōngyuán lǐ kāi mǎn le wǔyánliùsè de huār 。
In the springtime, the park is full of all kinds of flowers in bloom.
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五颜六色
wǔyánliùsè
brightly colored, lots of colors
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哈哈，那个是太夸张了！只露出眼睛鼻子和嘴巴，还五颜六色的，跟蒙面大盗似的。
hāhā ，nàge shì tài kuāzhāng le ！zhǐ lùchū yǎnjing bízi hé zuǐbā ，hái wǔyánliùsè de ，gēn méng miàndàdào shìde 。
Haha, those are so ridiculous! They only show your eyes, nose, and mouth and come in many different colors. They're like masked bandits.
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她找到了许多五颜六色的石头，把它们放在熔炉里熔化，历时九天九夜，最终炼成了36501块五色石。
tā zhǎodào le xǔduō wǔyánliùsè de shítou ，bǎ tāmen fàng zài rónglú lǐ rónghuà ，lìshí jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè ，zuìzhōng liàn chéng le sānwànliùqiānwǔbǎilíngyī kuài wǔsèshí 。
She found many multicolored stones, placed them all in a furnace and smelted them for nine days and nine nights. In the end she smelted 36,501 of the multicolored rocks.
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