red lips and white teeth

red lips and white teeth

Zhu liphao tooth, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ū ch ú NH à och ǐ, which means bright red lips and white teeth. It describes beautiful appearance, which comes from Dazhao.

The origin of Idioms

Qu Yuan's "Dazhao" in the Warring States States States States: "Zhu lips and Hao teeth, Yi Yi only."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; of beauty. example farewell to the green skirt, red sleeve cluster, red lips and white teeth. (the third part of jin'anshou by Zhang Shouqing in Yuan Dynasty)