沈魚落雁

ちんぎょらくがん

Meanings

1. Noun charms of a uniquely beautiful woman (literally: (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame)

Kanji

• 沈 sink. Read as チン.
• 魚 fish. Read as ギョ.
• 落 fall. Read as ラク.
• 雁 wild goose. Read as ガン.

Words containing 沈魚落雁

• 沈魚落雁閉月羞花 (ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうか) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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