extremely beautiful; stunning beauty
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
to make flowers feel ashamed and the moon hide behind clouds; said of a woman's stunning beauty
literaryA literary idiom praising extraordinary female beauty. Variant of 闭月羞花 (bì yuè xiū huā). Often used together with 沉鱼落雁 (chén yú luò yàn).
Tā她
shēng生
de得
xiū羞
huā花
bì闭
yuè月
，
chén沉
yú鱼
luò落
yàn雁
。
She was born with a beauty that would shame flowers and make the moon hide, that would sink fish and make geese fall from the sky.
Zhè这
wèi位
gū姑
niang娘
yǒu有
xiū羞
huā花
bì闭
yuè月
zhī之
mào貌
，
qīng倾
guó国
qīng倾
chéng城
zhī之
zī姿
。
This young lady possesses a face that would shame flowers and hide the moon, and a beauty that could overthrow cities and kingdoms.
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Gǔ古
dài代
sì四
dà大
měi美
nǚ女
gè个
gè个
xiū羞
huā花
bì闭
yuè月
。
Each of the four great beauties of ancient China was stunningly beautiful.