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HSK
color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff
HSK 2
white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
black
HSK 2
green
HSK 2
yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
HSK 2
red (color) / revolutionary
HSK 2
characteristic / distinguishing feature or quality
HSK 3
color / multicolored
HSK 3
scenery; landscape; view
HSK 3
tint; coloring; coloration / (fig.) flavor; character
HSK 4
role; part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
HSK 4
remarkable; outstanding
HSK 4
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  *色* | 色* | *色
color / CL: 種|种 / look / appearance / sex
HSK 4
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
complexion / look
HSK 5
all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of
HSK 7-9
inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
HSK 7-9
signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance
HSK 7-9
inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities
HSK 7-9
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic
HSK 7-9
bleaching agent / decolorant
to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3]
purple / violet (color)
to coordinate colors
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
polytene chromosome
salad oil
sexual desire / lust
non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
food and sex / appetite and lust
(loanword) satin (textile)
Greenpeace (environmental network)
outrageously bold in one's lust / debauched (idiom)
(bird species of China) golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus)
brown
Agent Blue
skin color
navy blue
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
(mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly; each and every one
cyan / blue-green
trisomy
monochrome picture / black and white picture
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
multicolored / the rainbow / garish
anthocyanin (biochemistry)
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
pornography / sex
smiles of exultation / radiant with delight
dark brown / tawny
bilirubin
to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment
an Israeli / an Israelite
charm / loveliness (of a woman)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
dark brown / tawny
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  *色* | 色* | *色
(coll.) color / used in 色子
lecher / womanizer / dirty old man
top-quality / top-grade
to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc)
to blend colors / to mix colors
colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals)
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic)
orange (color)
pure color; solid color
pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up)
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
(of colors) to fade / also pr. [tui4shai3]
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors
complexion
dark or deep green
coffee color / brown
brown
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
(slang) pervert / lecher
pornographic novel / dirty book
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
night scene / the dim light of night
chromosome
wallowing in lust
clean, unadulterated food product / organic food
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
pigment
light color
hue / tone
pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual
dark gray
to go pale in panic (idiom)
complexion
gold color
head of a division of the music academy of the imperial court

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