栗色 (lì sè) — chestnut brown (a reddish-brown color)

Definition

noun
chestnut brown (a reddish-brown color)

Examples

  • 栗色
    Tā yǒu yì tóu piào liang de lì sè cháng fà.
    She has beautiful long chestnut-brown hair.
  • 栗色
    Zhè pǐ mǎ de máo shì lì sè de, zài yáng guāng xià shǎn shǎn fā guāng.
    This horse has chestnut-brown fur that glistens in the sunlight.
  • 栗色
    Kè tīng de shā fā shì lì sè de, hé shēn sè mù dì bǎn hěn dā pèi.
    The living room sofa is chestnut brown, which matches the dark wood floor well.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

chestnut
color

栗 names chestnut and 色 is color, so it denotes a chestnut-brown shade.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

栗 originally drew chestnuts growing on a tree.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • zhuǎclaw; hand
  • jiékneeling person

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.

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