Thursday, November 29, 2007

花草之事

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沾花惹草
zhān huā rě cǎo
〖解释〗犹言沾风惹草。
〖出处〗《花城》1981年第5期:“对了,说她是那种逗引男人去沾花惹草的妖冶,肯定百分之百的正确!”

拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
〖解释〗拈:捏;惹:招惹;草、花:比喻好。比喻到处留情,多指男女间的挑逗引诱。
〖出处〗元·杨立斋《哨遍》:“三国志无过说些战伐,也不希咤,终少些团香弄玉,惹草拈花。”
〖示例〗彩云生性本~。(清·曾朴《孽海花》第三十一回)

粘花惹草
zhān huā rě cǎo
〖解释〗惹:招惹;草、花:比喻好。比喻到处留情,多指男女间的挑逗引诱。
〖出处〗元·商衜《一枝花·远寄》:“粘花惹草心,招揽风流事。”

招花惹草
zhāo huā rě cǎo
〖解释〗指挑逗、勾引女子。
〖出处〗明·兰陵笑笑生《金瓶梅词话》第二回:“那一双积年招花惹草,惯细风情的贼眼,不离这妇人身上。”



撵花惹草
捻花惹草


Other interpretations:
  • One thing of note is that 花 is girl, and 草 is boy (as in 校花,校草), then, this also means a very prosmiscuous bi-sexual person, who plays with both boys and girls, grasses and flowers.
  • One more interpretation is that the act of disturbing the flower is to annoy the grass.


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