殘花敗柳

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	be defeated; to defeat; loss	willow; surname
trad. (殘花敗柳)		殘	花	敗	柳
simp. (残花败柳)		残	花	败	柳
variant forms		敗柳殘花／败柳残花
Literally: “broken flower, withered willow”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánhuābàiliǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄅㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cánhuābàiliǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄅㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnhuabayleou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵
  - Yale: chàahn fā baaih láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ faa¹ baai⁶ lau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ fa¹ bai⁶ leo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːn²¹ fäː⁵⁵ päːi̯²² lɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

殘花敗柳

(figuratively, derogatory) impure woman, such as one who leads a promiscuous life, or one who has been abused and abandoned; fallen woman

See also

尋花問柳／寻花问柳 (xúnhuāwènliǔ)
傍花隨柳／傍花随柳
拈花弄柳
分花拂柳 (fēn huā fú liǔ)
攀花折柳
牆花路柳／墙花路柳
花紅柳綠／花红柳绿

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