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"fig. beautiful woman" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn
小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman
正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
姹紫嫣红 奼紫嫣紅 chà zǐ yān hóng lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers syn
倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] syn
粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman
蛾眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman syn
花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
西子捧心 xī zǐ pěng xīn lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom) / fig. a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness
倾城倾国 傾城傾國 qīng chéng qīng guó lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful syn
绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress
兰章 蘭章 lán zhāng a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific)
美颜 美顏 měi yán to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face
天生丽质 天生麗質 tiān shēng - lì zhì (idiom) to be naturally beautiful / to be born beautiful syn
美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn
美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn
红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn
佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn
绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful / stunning syn
粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty syn
艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair
尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn
娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn
清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful / elegant / charming / beautiful syn
冷艳 冷艷 lěng yàn (of a woman) beautiful but aloof syn
倩影 qiàn yǐng beautiful image of a woman
花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
妖女 yāo nǚ beautiful woman
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
云鬓 雲鬢 yún bìn a woman's beautiful, thick hair
佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn
媛 yuàn (bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuan2]) / Taiwan pr. [yuan2] syn
鬘 mán (of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament
蛾眉皓齿 蛾眉皓齒 é méi hào chǐ beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom) / lovely young woman
郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple syn
男才女貌 nán cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
靓妆 靚妝 jìng zhuāng (literary) beautiful adornment (of a woman) syn
香娇玉嫩 香嬌玉嫩 xiāng jiāo yù nèn a beautiful woman
蛇蝎美人 蛇蠍美人 shé xiē měi rén beautiful but dangerous woman / femme fatale
士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
英雄难过美人关 英雄難過美人關 yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
貌美如花 mào měi rú huā (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful
妭 bá (literary) beautiful woman / old variant of 魃[ba2]
娉婷袅娜 娉婷裊娜 pīng tíng - niǎo nuó (idiom) (of a woman) beautiful / graceful / elegant
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn
产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn
巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn
女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn
慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn
婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented
剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)
女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband
良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman
孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman
雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn
夫唱妇随 夫唱婦隨 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony syn
鸟语花香 鳥語花香 niǎo yǔ huā xiāng lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom) / fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn
寻花问柳 尋花問柳 xún huā wèn liǔ lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn
芝兰 芝蘭 zhī lán lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc) syn
佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
艳如桃李 艷如桃李 yàn rú táo lǐ lit. beautiful as peach and prune / fig. radiant beauty
点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it syn
焚琴煮鹤 焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn
细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn
花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn
秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance syn
母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride
品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn
春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn
盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn
残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn
女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
妇女能顶半边天 婦女能頂半邊天 fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
鲜花插在牛粪上 鮮花插在牛糞上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
美丽 美麗 měi lì beautiful syn
漂亮 piào liang pretty / beautiful syn
美好 měi hǎo beautiful / fine syn
美观 美觀 měi guān pleasing to the eye / beautiful / artistic syn
美妙 měi miào beautiful / wonderful / splendid syn
美化 měi huà to make more beautiful / to decorate / embellishment syn
美景 měi jǐng beautiful scenery syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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