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五颜六色

wǔ yán liù sè

HSK 3.0 level 5 4-character word Traditional 五顏六色

五颜六色 (wǔ yán liù sè) means "multicolored; every color under the sun". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 五颜六色 means

1. multicolored
2. every color under the sun

The characters in 五颜六色

• 五wǔfive; 5
• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 六liùsix; 6
• 色sècolor; look; appearance

Example sentences

• 他们的旗五颜六色。
  Their flag was colourful.
• 房子里放满了五颜六色的艺术品。
  Fángzi lǐ fàng mǎn le wǔyánliùsè de yìshùpǐn.
  The house was full of colorful art objects.

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