"沈魚落雁" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: 沈魚落雁 [canonical] (ruby: (ちん), (ぎょ), (らく), (がん)), chingyorakugan [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 沈魚落雁 (MC drim ngjo lak ngaenH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|沈魚落雁|id=1}} 沈魚落雁 (MC drim ngjo lak ngaenH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|ちんぎょらくがん}} 沈(ちん)魚(ぎょ)落(らく)雁(がん) • (chingyorakugan)
  1. (idiomatic) Beauty truly can be stunning. Lit. Such was her beauty that, in a fluster, fish sank to the bottom of the sea and geese dropped from the sky. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 羞花閉月

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