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紅杏出牆 (hung4 hang6 ceot1 coeng4) — cuckolds one's husband; has an affair in Cantonese

hungˎ₄紅hangˍ₆杏ceotˉ¹出coengˎ₄牆
简 红杏出墙
Mandarin Pinyin: hong2 xing4 chu1 qiang2

Meaning of 紅杏出牆

nouncuckolds one's husband; has an affair

Characters in 紅杏出牆

紅hung4
revolutionary; morally excellent
杏hang6
apricot
出ceot1
go out; come out
牆coeng4
anything shaped or functioning like a wall

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