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閉月羞花
bai3 jyut6 sau1 faa1 |
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said of a women's beauty; outshine the moon and put flowers to shame; gorgeous Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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閉月羞花 / 闭月羞花 | ||
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Characters in this word:閉 bai3 - shut; close; obstruct月 jyut6 - moon; month 羞 sau1 - shameful; ashamed; shame 花 faa1 - flower 1 compounds containing this word:沉魚落雁,閉月羞花 - (of feminine beauty) makes fish sink and birds alight, the moon fades and flowers close |
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