📖 Meaning
Various kinds and various styles; of every category and form. It describes a wide diversity of types, appearances, or manners. Often used to depict the many different sorts of people or things in a given situation.
📜 Origin Story
This phrase originates from the Qing dynasty novel Qi Lu Deng (歧路灯) by Li Lvyuan (李绿园), Chapter 87. In the passage, the character Master Sheng delivers a speech that vividly and exhaustively describes all the various types of relatives who come to seek official postings. The phrase captures how thoroughly Sheng paints every sort and style of such office-seekers, leaving no category unillustrated.
💡 Example Usage
集市上摆着各色名样的货物，令人目不暇接。
The market was filled with goods of every kind and style, dazzling the eye.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 各色名样
- Pinyin: gè sè gè yàng
- Literal Translation: each, kind, name, pattern
- Category: Variety
- Characters: 4