燕妒莺惭
yàn​dù​yīng​cán

ravishingly beautiful

  • created sense approved 燕妒莺惭/燕妒鶯慚 · yàn​dù​yīng​cán · ravishingly beautiful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燕妒莺惭 / 燕妒鶯慚

    yàn​dù​yīng​cán

    ravishingly beautiful

    describes a woman so beautiful that even swallows and orioles are envious and ashamed by her appearance

    燕 (literal) → 燕 · yàn · swallow 妒 (literal) → 妒 · dù · to envy 莺 (literal) → 莺/鶯 · yīng · oriole 惭 (literal) → 惭/慚 · cán · ashamed

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

    created sense