粵

紅hung4杏hang6出ceot1牆coeng4

simp红杏出墙
hung4 hang6 ceot1 coeng4hóng xìng chū qiáng

English

  1. lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. fig. a wife having an illicit lover
  3. (of women) to have an affair

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 文雅咁形容女性有婚外情

Examples

  • 我老婆紅杏出牆,我都唔知我做錯啲乜。

    My wife has an affair. I really don't know what I've done wrong.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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