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灯红酒绿

dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ

4-character word Traditional 燈紅酒綠

What 灯红酒绿 means

1. lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
2. debauched and corrupt environment

The characters in 灯红酒绿

• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子

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