天机云锦
tiān​jī​yún​jǐn

as exquisite as heaven-woven brocade

  • created sense approved 天机云锦/天機雲錦 · tiān​jī​yún​jǐn · as exquisite as heaven-woven brocade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天机云锦 / 天機雲錦

    tiān​jī​yún​jǐn

    as exquisite as heaven-woven brocade

    Literally refers to silk fabrics that are brilliantly colored and surpass human craftsmanship; metaphorically used to describe poetry or prose that is naturally composed and beautifully written.

    天机 (literal) → 天机/天機 · tiān​jī · heavenly secret 云锦 (literal) → 云锦/雲錦 · yún​jǐn · Nanjing brocade

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense