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沈魚落雁閉月羞花

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
沈 魚 落 雁 閉 月 羞 花
ちん
Grade: S 		ぎょ
Grade: 2 		らく
Grade: 3 		がん
Jinmeiyō 		へい
Grade: 6 		げつ
Grade: 1 		しゅう
Grade: S 		か
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn) and 閉月羞花／闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā). Literally, “sunken fish; fallen geese; closed moon; ashamed flowers”. First cited to a work from 1813–1823.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕĩŋʲɡʲo̞ ɾa̠kɯ̟ɡa̠ɰ̃ he̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨ ɕɨːka̠]

Phrase

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沈(ちん)魚(ぎょ)落(らく)雁(がん)閉(へい)月(げつ)羞(しゅう)花(か) • (chingyo rakugan heigetsu shūka) 

  1. (of women) intensely beautiful

References

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  1. ^ “沈魚落雁閉月羞花”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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