潮红

潮紅
cháohóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 flush (of the skin)
  2. 2 flushed redness on the face

Examples

Tā liǎn shàng fànqǐ yí zhèn cháohóng.
A flush rose to her cheeks.
Gēngniánqī cháng bànyǒu miànbù cháohóng.
Menopause is often accompanied by facial flushing.

Tips

memory
(tide) + (red) — color rising and ebbing across the face like a tide. Lovely image for a transient flush, whether from embarrassment, fever, or a hot flash.
register
Used both medically (面部潮红 in menopause/rosacea) and in literary description of blushing. Plain spoken word for blushing is 脸红.

Stroke Order

cháo
hóng