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Showing posts with label Chinese. Show all posts

huāróngyuèmào (花容月貌)

huāróngyuèmào(花容月貌)

a lovely face and graceful carriage


Refer to 花容月態(huāróngyuèmào)

húnshuǐmōyú (浑水摸鱼)

húnshuǐmōyú (浑水摸鱼)

fish in troubled waters; take advantage of unclear circumstances; profit by disturbances

jiǔchíròulín (酒池肉林)

酒池肉林(jiǔchíròulín)

1. lakes of wine and forests of meat—a life of extravagance and dissipation; unbridled debauchery and licentiousness

chànǚ (姹女)

chànǚ(姹女)

a beauty

zhuāngzhōumèngdié (庄周梦蝶)

zhuāngzhōumèngdié(庄周梦蝶)

Chinese


Zhuangzi(莊子, 庄子) dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)

xiānfēngdàogǔ (仙风道骨)

xiānfēngdàogǔ (仙风道骨)

仙風道骨

demeanour of a transcendent being; to have divine poise and sage-like features