抛绣球 in English pao1 xiu4 qiu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)
  • (metaphorically) to make overtures
  • to court

Simplified Characters

抛 绣 球

Traditional Characters

拋 繡 球

Pinyin

pao1 xiu4 qiu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

抛pao1to throw 绣xiu4variant of 繡|绣[xiu4] 球qiu2ball