Cutting green and cutting red

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