五彩缤纷

五彩繽紛

wǔcǎibīnfēn

idiom #41,159

Meanings

1 a riot of color
2 colorful and dazzling
3 in a profusion of colors

Characters

abundant; profuse

numerous; disorderly

Examples

花园里的花朵五彩缤纷，非常好看。

Huāyuán lǐ de huāduǒ wǔcǎibīnfēn, fēicháng hǎokàn.

The flowers in the garden are a riot of color — absolutely beautiful.

节日的烟花五彩缤纷，照亮了整个夜空。

Jiérì de yānhuā wǔcǎibīnfēn, zhàoliàng le zhěnggè yèkōng.

The festival fireworks filled the night sky with a profusion of colors.

Tips

usage

五彩 ('five colors') refers classically to the five pure colors 青赤黄白黑 (green/red/yellow/white/black) — the canonical palette — and here simply means 'many colors.' 缤纷 means 'profuse and interlaced.' Use for literal visual color; not for abstract diversity (don't say 五彩缤纷的生活).

mistakes

缤 is bīn, not pín. The left radical 糸 (silk) hints at color threads woven together.

Stroke Order

五 wǔ

彩 cǎi

缤 bīn

纷 fēn