| 红颜薄命 |
hóng yán bó mìng |
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) |
| 红 |
Hóng |
surname Hong |
| 红 |
gōng |
used in 女红 |
| 红 |
hóng |
red / popular / revolutionary / bonus |
| 红颜 |
hóng yán |
a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks |
| 颜 |
Yán |
surname Yan |
| 颜 |
yán |
color / face / countenance |
| 颜 |
yán |
Japanese variant of 颜 |
| 薄 |
Bó |
surname Bo |
| 薄 |
báo |
thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile |
| 薄 |
bó |
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near |
| 薄 |
bò |
see 薄荷 |
| 薄命 |
bó mìng |
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |