📖 Meaning
Describes phenomena that are bizarre and strangely varied, with a dazzling array of colors. It conveys a sense of dazzling weirdness and colorful complexity. The idiom is often used for scenes or objects that are fantastically varied and dazzlingly strange.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from Chapter 7 of the Qing dynasty novel Nie Hai Hua (A Flower in a Sea of Sin) by Zeng Pu. The original passage describes a boat adorned with countless five-colored paper balls and assorted fresh flowers, creating a dazzling and bizarrely variegated spectacle. The phrase later came to describe any scene or phenomenon that is strangely diverse and colorfully bizarre. The early twentieth-century writer Lu Xun also employed it in his preface to a fiction anthology to describe ornate, dazzling decorations.
💡 Example Usage
现代都市的霓虹灯光陆离光怪，营造出梦幻般的氛围。
The neon lights of the modern city are bizarrely dazzling, creating a dreamlike atmosphere.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 陆离光怪
- Pinyin: lù lí guāng guài
- Literal Translation: variegated and scattered, strange and bizarre
- Category: Variety
- Characters: 4