红色 (紅色)
hóng sè
Pinyin

Definition

红色 (紅色)
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hóng sè
  1. red (color)
  2. revolutionary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
角色
jué sè
  1. 1 role
  2. 2 character in a novel
  3. 3 persona
  4. 4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]

Idioms (20)

不动声色
bù dòng shēng sè
  1. 1 not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
  2. 2 not batting an eyelid
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
各色各样
gè sè gè yàng
  1. 1 lit. each color and each form (idiom)
  2. 2 diverse
  3. 3 various
  4. 4 all kinds of
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
  1. 1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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因为是过年，所以要写在红色的纸上。
yīnwèi shì guònián ，suǒyǐ yào xiě zài hóngsè de zhǐshàng 。
Because it's the New Year, we write on red paper.
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今天外面是被雾霾占领了，据说气象台已经发布了雾霾红色预警，今天的雾霾指数已经爆表了。
jīntiān wàimian shì bèi wùmái zhànlǐng le ，jùshuō qìxiàngtái yǐjīng fābù le wùmái hóngsè yùjǐng ，jīntiān de wùmái zhǐshù yǐjīng bàobiǎo le 。
Outside it's the smog that has invaded, I hear that the weather channel has already issued a red smog alert, the air pollution index has already gone off the charts.
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我是故意的，别生气，不过话说回来，你知道古典分类理论描述“鸟”的特征包括红色的胸羽、骨头很轻，还要会唱歌哦，你觉得你的"鸵鸟”有多像鸟呢？
wǒ shì gùyì de ，bié shēngqì ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，nǐ zhīdào gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù “niǎo ”de tèzhēng bāokuò hóngsè de xiōngyǔ 、gútou hěn qīng ，hái yào huì chànggē ò ，nǐ juéde nǐ de "tuóniǎo ”yǒu duō xiàng niǎo ne ？
I was being facetious, don't get angry. Speaking of that though, did you know that ancient taxonomic theory describes birds as having red breast feathers, lightweight bones and as having the ability to sing. How does your ostrich measure up to the bird standard?
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美国：一只穿制服、涂红色指甲油的小猪是机场“减压员”，它的主要工作是给旅客缓解搭乘飞机时的紧张情绪。
Měiguó ：yī zhǐ chuān zhìfú 、tú hóngsè zhǐjiayóu de xiǎozhū shì jīchǎng “jiǎnyā yuán ”，tā de zhǔyào gōngzuò shì gěi lǚkè huǎnjiě dāchéng fēijī shí de jǐnzhāng qíngxù 。
United States: A pig in uniform and red nail polish is an airport "de-stress officer", whose main job is to ease the tension of passengers when flying.
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红色表示爱。
hóngsè biǎoshì ài 。
Red represents love.
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红色表示热情。
hóngsè biǎoshì rèqíng 。
Red represents passion.
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你觉得红色表示什么？
nǐ juéde hóngsè biǎoshì shénme ？
What do you think the color red represents?
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有红色猴子的那件。
yǒu hóngsè hóuzi de nà jiàn 。
The one with the red monkey.
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百合好像不错，那就百合吧，粉红色跟白色都要。
bǎihé hǎoxiàng bùcuò ，nā jiù bǎihé ba ，fěnhóngsè gēn báisè dōuyào 。
Lilies seem like a good choice, so I guess lilies then. I want the pink ones and the white ones.
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