拈花惹草

Chinese

			flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (拈花惹草)		拈	花	惹	草

Etymology

Literally: toy with flowers and grass

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niānhuārěcǎo, niánhuārěcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: niānhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niānhuārécǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhianhuareetsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niánhuārécǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianhuareetsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ cou²
  - Yale: nīm fā yéh chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nim¹ fa¹ yé⁵ cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵ fɑː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

拈花惹草

to dally with women, to philander

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