lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
trad. 閉月羞花
Also written 閉月羞花【bì yuè xiū huā】
Characters in this word
4闭
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to close, to stop up, to shut, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- bì
- Traditional
- 閉
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17986 of 2500
月
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moon, month, monthly, CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 325 of 2500
羞
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shy, ashamed, shame, bashful, variant of 饈|馐[xiu1], delicacies
- Pinyin
- xiū
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 30490 of 2500
花
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surname Hua
- Pinyin
- Huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 755 of 2500