red skirt; metonym for women
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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pomegranate-red skirt (popular in Tang Dynasty); used metonymically to refer to women
literaryOriginally referring to red skirts dyed with pomegranate peel, fashionable among women during the Tang Dynasty. By metonymy, it refers to women, especially in the set phrase '拜倒在石榴裙下' (to prostrate oneself under the pomegranate skirt), meaning to be captivated by a woman's beauty or to surrender to feminine charm.
Tā他
zuì最
zhōng终
bài拜
dǎo倒
zài在
tā她
de的
shí石
liú榴
qún裙
xià下
。
He ultimately fell head over heels for her (literally: prostrated himself under her pomegranate skirt).
Táng唐
dài代
fù妇
nǚ女
xǐ喜
ài爱
chuān穿
zhe着
shí石
liú榴
qún裙
。
Women of the Tang Dynasty loved to wear pomegranate-red skirts.
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Zhè这
wèi位
měi美
lì丽
de的
nǚ女
zǐ子
ràng让
wú无
shù数
zhuī追
qiú求
zhě者
bài拜
dǎo倒
zài在
tā她
de的
shí石
liú榴
qún裙
xià下
。
This beautiful woman made countless suitors fall at her feet (literally: prostrate themselves under her pomegranate skirt).