沉魚落雁
See also: 沉鱼落雁
Chinese
submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop |
fish | to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind | wild goose | ||
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trad. (沉魚落雁) | 沉 | 魚 | 落 | 雁 | |
simp. (沉鱼落雁) | 沉 | 鱼 | 落 | 雁 | |
alternative forms | 沈魚落雁 |
Etymology
From Zhuangzi ("Discussion on Making All Things Equal"):
- Mao Qiang and Li Ji [courtesans and two of the Four Beauties] are what people consider beautiful, but if fish see them they will swim into the depths; if birds see them, they will fly away into the air; if deer see them, they will gallop away. Among these four, who knows what is rightly beautiful in the world?
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chényúluòyàn
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2-yü2-lo4-yen4
- Yale: chén-yú-lwò-yàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernyuluohyann
- Palladius: чэньюйлоянь (čɛnʹjujlojanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ y³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6
- Yale: chàhm yùh lohk ngaahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4 jy4 lok9 ngaan6
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4 yu4 log6 ngan6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ jyː²¹ lɔːk̚² ŋaːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
沉魚落雁
Synonyms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (沈魚落雁 (chényúluòyàn)):
- → Japanese: 沈魚落雁 (chingyorakugan)
- → Korean: 침어낙안(沈魚落雁) (chimeonagan)