沉魚落雁

lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

Characters and words in 沉魚落雁

chén = ch + (e)n2
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
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= yu + Ø2
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= yu + Ø2
fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]
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= l + a4
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
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lào = l + ao4
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
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luò = lu + o4
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
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yàn = y + an4
wild goose
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yàn = y + an4
variant of 雁[yan4]
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