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1) 汉语当中的红： 红糖brown sugar;红茶black tea;红榜honour roll;红豆love pea ;红运good luck 红利dividend;a red battle血战;red tape官僚作风 red sky 彩霞 早霞不出门，晚霞行千里：red sky at night, shepherds delight red sky in the morning, shepherds warning. 2) 皮肤白皙不宜译成：she has a white skin. 而宜译为she has a fair skin/complexion 3) Become red-faced/turn red 脸红，不好意思，难为情 see red 大发脾气：to become very angry The maxim was that when a married couple saw red lawyers saw green. 俗话说，夫妇吵得面红耳赤之时，便是律师招财进宝之日。 绿色还可以表示没有经验，知识浅薄green hand greenhorn a green old age表示幸福的晚年，精神矍铄的老年 汉语当中的绿仅有戴绿帽子之说 to be a cuckold 4) 红眼病green-eyed 红眼病pink eyes 5) 黄色 象征低级趣味，庸俗猥亵pornographic;filthy ;vulgar;obscene 英文中却用蓝色表示：blue jokes下流的玩笑;blue revolution 性解放;blue films黄色电影;blue software黄色软件 汉语当中还有和英文当中的毫不相干的：黄道吉日，黄毛丫头 | 
