閉月羞花

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	moon; month	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (閉月羞花)		閉	月	羞	花
simp. (闭月羞花)		闭	月	羞	花

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìyuèxiūhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìyuèxiūhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìyuèsiouhua
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yüeh⁴-hsiu¹-hua¹
    • Yale: bì-ywè-syōu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyuehshiouhua
    • Palladius: биюэсюхуа (bijuesjuxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹
    • Yale: bai yuht sāu fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ jyt⁹ sau¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ yud⁶ seo¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ jyːt̚² sɐu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Idiom

閉月羞花

1. (of women) extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous

Synonyms

• 羞花閉月／羞花闭月 (xiūhuābìyuè)
• 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)
• 花容月貌 (huāróngyuèmào)