惹草拈花
rě​cǎo​niān​huā

to philander

  • created reference approved 惹草拈花 → 拈花惹草 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惹草拈花 rě​cǎo​niān​huā

    拈花惹草 niān​huā​rě​cǎo

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惹草拈花 · rě​cǎo​niān​huā · to philander — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惹草拈花

    rě​cǎo​niān​huā

    to philander

    (idiom) to womanize or dally with women; literally "to provoke the grass and pluck the flowers"

    rě​cǎo​nián​huā

    惹 (literal) → 惹 · rě · to cause 草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass 拈 (literal) → 拈 · niān · to pick up 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense