沉魚落雁

See also: 沉鱼落雁

Chinese

	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	fish	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	wild goose
trad. (沉魚落雁)	沉	魚	落	雁
simp. (沉鱼落雁)	沉	鱼	落	雁
variant forms	沈魚落雁／沈鱼落雁

Etymology

From Zhuangzi ("Discussion on Making All Things Equal"):

Mao Qiang and Li Ji [courtesans and two of the Four Beauties] are what people consider beautiful, but if fish see them they will swim into the depths; if birds see them, they will fly away into the air; if deer see them, they will gallop away. Among these four, who knows what is rightly beautiful in the world?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chényúluòyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ jyu⁴ lok⁶ ngaan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chényúluòyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernyuluohyann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chényúluòyàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ y³⁵ lwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ jyu⁴ lok⁶ ngaan⁶
  - Yale: chàhm yùh lohk ngaahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ jy⁴ lok⁹ ngaan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ yu⁴ log⁶ ngan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ jyː²¹ lɔːk̚² ŋäːn²²/

Idiom

沉魚落雁

(of women) extremely beautiful; drop-dead gorgeous

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沈魚落雁):

→ Japanese: 沈魚落雁 (ちんぎょらくがん) (chingyorakugan)
→ Korean: 침어낙안 (沈魚落雁, chimeonagan)

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