桃羞杏让 / 桃羞杏讓

táo​xiū​xìng​ràng

beautiful

Describing a woman's appearance as so beautiful that she makes the peach and apricot blossoms feel shy and give way.

桃 (literal) → 桃 · táo · peach 羞 (literal) → 羞 · xiū · shy 杏 (literal) → 杏 · xìng · apricot 让 (literal) → 让/讓 · ràng · to be inferior

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM