環肥燕瘦
huán​féi​yàn​shòu

each beautiful in their own way

  • created sense approved 环肥燕瘦/環肥燕瘦 · huán​féi​yàn​shòu · each beautiful in their own way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    环肥燕瘦 / 環肥燕瘦

    huán​féi​yàn​shòu

    each beautiful in their own way

    Literally referring to the plump Yang Yuhuan of the Tang dynasty and the slender Zhao Feiyan of the Han dynasty; used to describe how different styles of women or artistic works each have their own unique beauty or distinctive features.

    环 (literal) → 环/環 · huán · Huan 肥 (literal) → 肥 · féi · fat 燕 (literal) → 燕 · yān · surname 瘦 (literal) → 瘦 · shòu · thin

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

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