一樹梨花壓海棠
jat1 syu6 lei4 faa1 aat3 hoi2 tong4yī shù lí huā yā hǎi tánginferred
English
- Analogy of old husband with young wife. Literally, pear blossom tree over the Chinese flowering crabapple
粵語 — Cantonese
- 比喻為老夫少妻。白色嘅梨花指白頭新郎,紅色嘅海棠指紅妝新娘。
Examples
1962年有套西片《Lolita》香港譯做《一樹梨花壓海棠》,內容係講老少不倫戀。而Lolita呢個名因此被用嚟形容具有性魅力嘅早熟少女。
In 1962 there's a foreign movie "Lolita", Hong Kong has translated the name using a sentence in So Tung Bo's peom, which is also telling the story of love affair between a young girl and old man. And the name Lolita is then used to describe early-maturing young girls who have sexual attraction.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk