秀色可餐

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Chinese

beautiful facial features
can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
eat; meal
trad. (秀色可餐) 秀色
simp. #(秀色可餐) 秀色
Literally: “a beautiful countenance that can be eaten”.

Etymology

From a line in the poem 《日出東南隅行》 by Lu Ji ((deprecated template usage) 陸機):

秀色 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
秀色 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Xiān fū yī hé rùn, xiùsè ruò cān. [Pinyin]
Her skin, soft and tender, and her beauty, deliciously desirable.

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 秀色可餐

  1. (of a woman) extremely attractive; breathtakingly beautiful