Cutting green and cutting red
It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is k è Cu ì C á IH ó ng, which means to use metaphor to modify the language. From Bai yuzhai CI Hua.
The origin of Idioms
The third volume of Bai Yu Zhai CI Hua written by Chen tingzhuo in Qing Dynasty: "Huan Xue CI written by Marquis Mao Hui is engraved with green and red for novelty."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used in figurative sentences
Cutting green and cutting red
all that have been achieved is spoiled - qián gōng jìn miè
a fast job done by a straightforward person - kuài rén kuài shì
interested exclusively in the acquisition of sb . 's estate - qiú tián wèn shě
be rapid in composary a piece of writing of a thousand words - yǐ mǎ qiān yán
when a man is poor , his ambition is not far-reaching - rén qióng zhì duǎn