红颜祸水 hóngyánhuòshuǐ femme fatale Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 红颜 紅顏 hóngyán beautiful woman (literary) a beautiful woman; a beauty祸水 禍水 huòshuǐ dangerous woman (derogatory, archaic) a woman likened to a disastrous flood; one who is blamed for causing the downfall of a man