红杏出墙 in English hong2 xing4 chu1 qiang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically a wife having an illicit lover

Simplified Characters

红 杏 出 墙

Traditional Characters

紅 杏 出 牆

Pinyin

hong2 xing4 chu1 qiang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

红hong2surname Hong 杏xing4apricot 出chu1to go out 墙qiang2variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall