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黄色 — meaning in English

huáng sè

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English meaning

  • bawdy adj Humorously crude or sexual in a way that is meant to amuse rather than offend.
  • canker noun A disease that causes decay in plants, or the damaged area it leaves behind.
  • explicit adj Stated clearly and in detail, leaving nothing implied.
  • lewd adj Sexually indecent or vulgar in a crude, offensive way.
  • luscious adj Richly sweet, juicy, and delicious.
  • obscene adjective Offensive to accepted standards of decency, often in a sexual way.
  • pornographic adj Explicitly depicting sexual acts or nudity for arousal.
  • ribald adj Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
  • rude adjective Not polite; showing a lack of respect for others.
  • salacious adj Deliberately focused on sex in a way that feels crude, gossipy, or designed to titillate rather than inform.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

黄色 is used for these senses in English:

  • bawdy Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
  • canker An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
  • explicit (euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]
  • lewd Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
  • luscious Obscene.
  • obscene Disgusting or repulsive.
  • pornographic Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
  • ribald Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.

canker — full definition

  1. noun A disease that causes decay in plants, or the damaged area it leaves behind.
  2. noun A painful sore, especially inside the mouth.
  3. noun Figuratively, something that slowly corrupts or destroys from within.
  4. verb To corrode, corrupt, or slowly destroy.

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