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五颜六色

五顏六色
wǔyánliùsè
adjective HSK 4 #33,059

Meanings

  1. 1 colorful
  2. 2 multicolored

Characters

五
wǔ
five
颜
yán
color; face
六
liù
six
色
sè
color
Literally 'five colors, six hues' — an abundance of colors

Examples

花园里开满了五颜六色的花。
Huāyuán lǐ kāi mǎn le wǔ yán liù sè de huā.
The garden is full of colorful flowers.
孩子们穿着五颜六色的衣服。
Háizimen chuānzhe wǔ yán liù sè de yīfu.
The children are wearing colorful clothes.
晚上的灯光五颜六色，非常漂亮。
Wǎnshang de dēngguāng wǔ yán liù sè, fēicháng piàoliang.
The lights at night are colorful and very beautiful.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

五 wǔ
颜 yán
六 liù
色 sè