数树深红出浅黄

數樹深紅出淺黃

shù shù shēn hóng chū qiǎn huáng

quotation

Meanings

1 a few trees in deep red emerge from the shallow yellows
2 the vivid detail of mid-autumn foliage, turning at its own pace
3 several-trees deep-red emerge pale-yellow (lit.)

Characters

a few / several

to emerge / stand out

yellow (pale yellow)

Examples

HSK 7-9

香山秋色正浓，数树深红出浅黄，美不胜收。

Xiāngshān qiūsè zhèng nóng, shù shù shēn hóng chū qiǎn huáng, měibùshèngshōu.

Fragrant Hills' autumn is at its peak - 'a few trees in deep red stand out amid the pale yellows' - beauty beyond words.

HSK 7-9

摄影师拍下数树深红出浅黄的瞬间，登上了杂志封面。

Shèyǐngshī pāixià shù shù shēn hóng chū qiǎn huáng de shùnjiān, dēngshàng le zázhì fēngmiàn.

The photographer captured the moment 'a few deep reds stood out from the pale yellows' - it made the magazine cover.

Tips

history

From 刘禹锡《秋词二首》 (Tang, ca. 9th c.): 山明水净夜来霜，数树深红出浅黄 (Bright hills, clear waters, frost by night; a few trees of deep red stand out from the pale yellows). Liu Yuxi's famous rebuttal to the stock 'autumn = melancholy' trope: autumn for him is crisper, sharper, more inspiring than spring.

usage

Cited in travel writing, photography captions, and autumn festival posters. Often paired with the opening line 山明水净夜来霜 as a two-line couplet.

Stroke Order

数 shù

树 shù

深 shēn

红 hóng

出 chū

浅 qiǎn

黄 huáng