wàn 万 zǐ 紫 qiān 千 hóng 红

万紫千红 wàn zǐ qiān hóng

a riot of colour; flowers blooming in every hue

Literally: ten-thousand purple thousand red

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Origin

From Zhu Xi's Song poem 'Spring Day': 'A thousand reds and ten thousand purples are always spring.'

How to use it

Predicate or attributive; positive. Often 春天万紫千红 or 万紫千红的花园.

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春天来了，公园里万紫千红，美极了。

Chūntiān lái le, gōngyuán lǐ wàn zǐ qiān hóng, měi jí le.

Spring has come and the park is a riot of colour, absolutely beautiful.

spring come (particle), park inside ten-thousand purple thousand red, beautiful extremely (particle)
花展上万紫千红，游客们忙着拍照。

Huāzhǎn shàng wàn zǐ qiān hóng, yóukèmen máng zhe pāizhào.

The flower show was ablaze with colour and visitors were busy taking photos.

flower-show on ten-thousand purple thousand red, tourists busy (particle) take-photo

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