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ook. Here is more to complement the word list of blue. blue about the gills�in depression blue devils�depression and gloom blue film�erotic film {In Chinese, we call it 黄色电影(a yellow film literally).} once in a blue moon�occurring only once in a thousand years blue in the face�look pasty blue murder�horrible screaming and shouts sing the blues�in low spirits; very depressed out of the blue�a thunder from the clear sky; the sudden coming of something unexpected 2.5 Green English has the term green-eyed or green with envy, both meaning jealous and envious. However, in Chinese, the expression used to describe the same feeling is 眼红 or 红眼病(literally red-eyed)�a totally different color for the same feeling! In English, green also indicates lacking in experience, as seen in the phrase greenhand and greenhorn. The former suggests someone who is inexperienced and immature. The latter suggests an immigrant who is not familiar with local customs or untravelled. By the way, the Chinese expression 戴绿帽子（literally to wear a green hat） means to be a cuckold. If we translate it word by word, misunderstanding or confusion will arise. When paired with different words, its meaning is different. The following examples well illustrate its various usages. green apple�unripe apple green back�US dollars green from the school�fresh from the school green house�a warming house give the green light to somebody�allow someone to do something a green old age�bear one’s age well green power�mighty power green revolution�agriculture-related reform green room�the drawing room for actors and actresses go to the green wood�to be the hero in the wood 2.6 Yellow Yellow appears in such Chinese expressions as黄色书刊，黄色电影，黄色音乐. Should they be translated as yellow books, yellow movies, yellow music? Of course not. We can replace 黄色 with filthy, obscene, or vulgar. In English, we have the phrase yellow journalism which lays too much emphasis on scandals or exaggerates the ordinary news to a sensational degree, sometimes even with distortion. Similarly, we have Yellow Pages(黄页) both in Chinese and English.　　This is a book with the telephone numbers of different shops, businesses, organizations, etc., arranged in the order of different categories. Yellow Pages is a very useful handbook whose pages are yellow, but the content is not yellow in the Chinese sense. Generally speaking, yellow is to some extent derogatory that carries the connotations of cowardice, jealousy, suspicion and contemptibility. Here is the proof. yellow alert�alert in advance yellow boy�gold coin a yellow dog�a contemptible person a yellow dog contract�a contract signed in the precondition that the employee will not join in the labor union the sear and yellow leaf�an old age yellow looks�suspicious looks yellow streak�tending to be coward and chicken-hearted 2.7 Purple In English, purple shares the same connotation as that in Chinese language. In the eye of Westerners, purple is the symbol of emperor and power. In particular, the purple refers to the throne of the emperor or the pope. “to be born in the purple” means “to be born in a royal family”; “to be raised to the purple” means “to be promoted to the position as a pope”; “purple passages” means “too florid words”, etc. In Chinese, we have 红得发紫, meaning popular to the extreme. H