- lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
- fig. to womanize
- to frequent brothels
- to sow one's wild oats
Characters
- 拈 (拈): to nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with; Taiwan pr. [nian2]
- 花 (花): surname Hua
- 惹 (惹): to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 草 (艸): variant of 草[cao3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 拈花惹草
- MDBG: 拈花惹草
- Examples with 拈花惹草 on Tatoeba
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