red/yellow concubine

English translation: Colour names

10:51 Nov 25, 2004
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / laminated flooring
Chinese term or phrase: red/yellow concubine
"Concubine yellow" and "concubine red" are listed along with maple, oak, walnut etc., as if it were a kind of wood here:
http://www.kingdomtile.com/showroom.asp?id=250
and here:
http://www.6j.com.cn/page-e/hspz.htm
Vladimir Demidov (X)
English translation:Colour names
Explanation:
The link that Shang gives (http://www.sjzps.gov.cn/6zhuanlan/03/kf/006/006.htm) will show you 'concubine red' - the name given to a colour of marble in this case. Why concubine? Because in Chinese it is named after a famous consort of the Tang emperor Xuanzong, Yang Guifei (d. 756 AD). She was a bit of a character and has gone down in history as a symbol of all that is gaudy, garish, crass, ostentatious, imperious, capricious, infuriating and perfidious about women (makes her a bit of a role model). So if you can condense all that into a description of the colur in question, you're home laughing.
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Peter Smith
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Colour names
Peter Smith
5贵妃红/贵妃黄(镶木地板)
Shang
4FYI
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贵妃红/贵妃黄(镶木地板)


Explanation:
贵妃红/贵妃黄(镶木地板)

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Note added at 9 mins (2004-11-25 11:01:01 GMT)
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http://www.sjzps.gov.cn/6zhuanlan/03/kf/006/006.htm

Shang
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Local time: 20:45
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Colour names


Explanation:
The link that Shang gives (http://www.sjzps.gov.cn/6zhuanlan/03/kf/006/006.htm) will show you 'concubine red' - the name given to a colour of marble in this case. Why concubine? Because in Chinese it is named after a famous consort of the Tang emperor Xuanzong, Yang Guifei (d. 756 AD). She was a bit of a character and has gone down in history as a symbol of all that is gaudy, garish, crass, ostentatious, imperious, capricious, infuriating and perfidious about women (makes her a bit of a role model). So if you can condense all that into a description of the colur in question, you're home laughing.

Peter Smith
Taiwan
Local time: 20:45
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agree  Andreas Yan
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FYI


Explanation:
when use the word "concubine" with the colour, it will give you an noble, graceful impression. it's a technique for naming the goods in china.

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