五颜六色

五顏六色

wǔyán-liùsè

idiom HSK 4 #33,059

Meanings

Literally 'five colors, six hues' - an abundance of colors.

花园里开满了五颜六色的花。

Huāyuán lǐ kāi mǎn le wǔyán-liùsè de huā.

The garden is full of colorful flowers.

孩子们穿着五颜六色的衣服。

Háizimen chuān zhe wǔyán-liùsè de yīfu.

The children are wearing colorful clothes.

晚上的灯光五颜六色，非常漂亮。

Wǎnshang de dēngguāng wǔyán-liùsè, fēicháng piàoliang.

The lights at night are colorful and very beautiful.

memory

This is a chengyu (four-character idiom). The numbers 五 and 六 don't mean exactly five or six colors - they just imply 'many'.

五 wǔ

颜 yán

六 liù

色 sè