See 閉月羞花 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Refers to two of the Four Beauties of Chinese legends, Diao Chan (whose beauty obstructed the moon) and Yang Guifei (whose beauty caused the flowers to feel ashamed).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "闭月羞花",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "閉月羞花",
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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{
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"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Appearance",
"orig": "zh:Appearance",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous"
],
"id": "en-閉月羞花-zh-phrase-a7XKy7Z0",
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"drop dead",
"drop dead"
],
[
"gorgeous",
"gorgeous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of women) extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of women"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "xiūhuābìyuè",
"word": "羞花閉月"
},
{
"roman": "xiūhuābìyuè",
"word": "羞花闭月"
},
{
"roman": "chényúluòyàn",
"word": "沉魚落雁"
},
{
"roman": "chényúluòyàn",
"word": "沉鱼落雁"
},
{
"roman": "huāróngyuèmào",
"word": "花容月貌"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Diao Chan",
"Four Beauties",
"Yang Guifei"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèxiūhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèxiūhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèsiouhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pi⁴-yüeh⁴-hsiu¹-hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bì-ywè-syōu-hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bihyuehshiouhua"
},
{
"roman": "bijuesjuxua",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "биюэсюхуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bai yuht sāu fā"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyt⁹ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bei³ yud⁶ seo¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐi̯³³ jyːt̚² sɐu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "閉月羞花"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Refers to two of the Four Beauties of Chinese legends, Diao Chan (whose beauty obstructed the moon) and Yang Guifei (whose beauty caused the flowers to feel ashamed).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "闭月羞花",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "閉月羞花",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 月",
"Chinese terms spelled with 羞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 花",
"Chinese terms spelled with 閉",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"zh:Appearance"
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"glosses": [
"extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous"
],
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"drop dead",
"drop dead"
],
[
"gorgeous",
"gorgeous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of women) extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of women"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Diao Chan",
"Four Beauties",
"Yang Guifei"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèxiūhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèxiūhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bìyuèsiouhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pi⁴-yüeh⁴-hsiu¹-hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bì-ywè-syōu-hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bihyuehshiouhua"
},
{
"roman": "bijuesjuxua",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "биюэсюхуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bai yuht sāu fā"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bai³ jyt⁹ sau¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bei³ yud⁶ seo¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐi̯³³ jyːt̚² sɐu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "xiūhuābìyuè",
"word": "羞花閉月"
},
{
"roman": "xiūhuābìyuè",
"word": "羞花闭月"
},
{
"roman": "chényúluòyàn",
"word": "沉魚落雁"
},
{
"roman": "chényúluòyàn",
"word": "沉鱼落雁"
},
{
"roman": "huāróngyuèmào",
"word": "花容月貌"
}
],
"word": "閉月羞花"
}
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