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Mandarin · 30 October 2026 · Four-Character Idioms

五光十色

wǔguāng-shísèPinyin

multicolored / resplendent / dazzlingly diverse

idiom (adjective)

Describes a vibrant, glittering display of brilliant colors, or metaphorically, a dazzling and diverse variety of options, lifestyles, or phenomena.

In a sentence

站在这间复式公寓宽敞的落地窗前看过去,刚好能把整个市中心五光十色的夜景和霓虹灯尽收眼底。

Zhàn zài zhè jiān fùshì gōngyù kuānchǎng de luòdìchuāng qián kàn guòqù, gānghǎo néng bǎ zhěnggè shìzhōngxīn wǔguāng-shísè de yèjǐng hé níhóngdēng jìnshōuyǎndǐ.

Looking out from the spacious French window of this loft apartment, you can take in the entire center city's multicolored night scene and neon lights at a single glance.