沈魚落雁

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 沉魚落雁 (“extremely beautiful; drop-dead gorgeous”).
(This term is a variant form of 沉魚落雁).

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
ぎょ
Grade: 2
らく
Grade: 3
がん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 沈魚落雁 (MC drim ngjo lak ngaenH).

Idiom

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(ちん)(ぎょ)(らく)(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.

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