润色

潤色

rùnsè

verb #23,105

Meanings

1 to polish (a piece of writing)
2 to add finishing touches
3 to embellish
4 to touch up

Characters

moist; smooth; embellish

color; appearance

Examples

请帮我润色一下这篇文章。

Qǐng bāng wǒ rùnsè yīxià zhè piān wénzhāng.

Please help me polish this article.

编辑对稿件做了一些润色。

Biānjí duì gǎojiàn zuò le yīxiē rùnsè.

The editor made some finishing touches to the manuscript.

经过润色，这篇报告读起来流畅多了。

Jīngguò rùnsè, zhè piān bàogào dú qǐlái liúchàng duō le.

After polishing, the report reads much more smoothly.

Tips

memory

润 means 'moist/smooth' and 色 means 'color/appearance'.润色 is like adding a moisturizing polish to make writing glow — smoothing rough edges to enhance appearance.

Stroke Order

润 rùn

色 sè