色字头上一把刀 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 色字頭上一把刀 sèzìtóushàngyībǎdāo ㄙㄜˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄉㄠ lit. there is a knife above the character for lust fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences Character by character 色(sè)color 字(zì)letter 头(tóu)head 上(shàng)up 一(yī)one 把(bǎ)marks the object before the verb 刀(dāo)surname Dao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0