Cǎihóng de chì chéng huáng lǜ qīng lán zǐ fēicháng piàoliang.
The rainbow's seven colors - red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple - are very beautiful.
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history
From Mao Zedong's 1933 ci poem 《菩萨蛮·大柏地》: 赤橙黄绿青蓝紫，谁持彩练当空舞, using the seven colors as a metaphor for a rainbow. This line fixed the standard ordering of the seven rainbow colors in Chinese.
usage
The traditional Chinese ordering of the seven rainbow colors, equivalent to English 'ROYGBIV'. Common in children's songs, textbooks, and art classes.
