A Comparison between Chinese and English Associative Meanings by the Translation of "Red" in The Story of the Stone

There's a close relationship between language and culture.Color terminology has been used to explore the relationships between different languages and cultures.Sometimes color words cannot be translated from one language to another directly as a result of their different associative meanings in Chinese and English.The cultural connotation of the two languages can be further understood by making a contrast between Chinese and English associative meanings of the color words,taking the translation of Red as an example.