出色 chū sè remarkable / outstanding syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 优秀 優秀 yōu xiù outstanding / excellent syn 英 yīng hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom syn 杰出 傑出 jié chū outstanding / distinguished / remarkable / prominent / illustrious syn 过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn 突出 tū chū prominent / outstanding / to give prominence to / to protrude / to project syn 出众 出眾 chū zhòng to stand out / outstanding syn 美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn 选美 選美 xuǎn měi beauty contest 风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose syn 卓越 zhuó yuè outstanding / surpassing / distinguished / splendid syn 显著 顯著 xiǎn zhù outstanding / notable / remarkable / statistically significant syn 出类拔萃 出類拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 睡美人 shuì měi rén Sleeping Beauty 佳丽 佳麗 jiā lì a beauty / beautiful syn 美容院 měi róng yuàn beauty salon / beauty parlor syn 未了 wèi liǎo unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled 雅丽 雅麗 yǎ lì elegant / refined beauty 特异 特異 tè yì exceptionally good / excellent / clearly outstanding / distinctive / peculiar / unique syn 超群 chāo qún surpassing / preeminent / outstanding syn 不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run syn 美感 měi gǎn sense of beauty / aesthetic perception 毁容 毀容 huǐ róng to disfigure / to spoil the beauty of 崭露头角 嶄露頭角 zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo to reveal outstanding talent (idiom) / to stand out as conspicuously brilliant 看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding 卓著 zhuó zhù outstanding / eminent / brilliant syn 西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn 了得 liǎo de exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding syn 豆蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 战功 戰功 zhàn gōng outstanding military service syn 应接不暇 應接不暇 yìng jiē bù xiá more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery) syn 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 拔高 bá gāo to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding syn 赫赫 hè hè brilliant / impressive / outstanding syn 俊杰 俊傑 jùn jié elite / outstanding talent / genius syn 伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn 脱俗 脫俗 tuō sú free from vulgarity / refined / outstanding syn 高强 高強 gāo qiáng excellent / outstanding syn 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3] 画皮 畫皮 huà pí painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) syn 龙虎 龍虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn 真善美 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty 卓然 zhuó rán outstanding / eminent syn 别有洞天 別有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world syn 闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world syn 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 绝伦 絕倫 jué lún outstanding / peerless / beyond compare syn 大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha 名优 名優 míng yōu excellent quality / outstanding (product) / abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质 / (old) famous actor or actress syn 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 美容店 měi róng diàn beauty salon / CL:家[jia1] 优生 優生 yōu shēng outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population / eugenics 妖姬 yāo jī (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine) 上佳 shàng jiā excellent / outstanding / great syn 独步 獨步 dú bù lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding syn 峥嵘 崢嶸 zhēng róng towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding syn 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] 翘楚 翹楚 qiáo chǔ person of outstanding talent syn 人杰 人傑 rén jié outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual syn 吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob 花魁 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan syn 杨玉环 楊玉環 yáng yù huán Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] 功业 功業 gōng yè achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed syn 美神 měi shén goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4]) 内在美 內在美 nèi zài měi inner beauty 艳色 艷色 yàn sè beauty / glamor / voluptuousness 高才 gāo cái great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability 识时务者为俊杰 識時務者為俊傑 shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances. 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn 翘 翹 qiáo outstanding / to raise syn 著 zhù to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding syn 尤 yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against syn 赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty) syn 姿 zī beauty / disposition / looks / appearance syn 卓 zhuó outstanding 魁 kuí chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart syn 逸 yì to escape / leisurely / outstanding syn 赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn 未决 未決 wèi jué as yet undecided / unsolved / still outstanding syn 颖 穎 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding syn 数得着 數得著 shǔ de zháo to be considered outstanding or special / to be reckoned with / notable syn 泰山北斗 tài shān běi dǒu lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field syn 超拔 chāo bá outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from 拔萃 bá cuì to distinguish oneself / to be of outstanding talent 特出 tè chū outstanding / prominent syn 独领风骚 獨領風騷 dú lǐng fēng sāo most outstanding / par excellence syn 卓尔不群 卓爾不群 zhuó ěr bù qún standing above the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / excellent and unrivaled syn 仙姿玉色 xiān zī yù sè heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom) / unusually beautiful lady 情人眼里出西施 情人眼裡出西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom) / fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder 