- 红颜薄命 hóngyánbómìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates(idiom) A saying used to lament that beautiful women are often destined to have a tragic life or die young.
- 白发红颜 báifàhóngyán spry elderdescribes an elderly person with white hair but a youthful, healthy complexion; energetic and healthy in old age
- 红颜白发 hóngyánbáifà youth and ageyouthful face and white hair; a spry elderly person; also used to describe a couple with a significant age gap, such as a young woman and an old man
- 红颜知己 hóngyánzhījǐ close female frienda man's close female friend or confidante; a woman who understands a man's heart and mind
- 红颜祸水 hóngyánhuòshuǐ femme fatalea beautiful woman who causes trouble or downfall for those around her
