万ばん緑りょく一いっ紅こう

noun

one red flower in a sea of green; one standout among many; one woman among many men

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) used metaphorically: a single striking element (often a woman or a quality item) that stands out in a large, uniform group. The literal image is a single red flower in a vast green landscape.

• パーティー会かい場じょうでは、彼かの女じょがまさに万ばん緑りょく一いっ紅こうの存そん在ざいだった。

  At the party, she was truly the one red flower in a sea of green.

• この作さく品ひんは凡ぼん作さくばかりの展てん覧らん会かいで万ばん緑りょく一いっ紅こうの輝かがやきを放はなっている。

  This piece shines as the one standout in an exhibition full of mediocre works.