沉鱼落雁 in English chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) fish sink, goose alights (idiomatic expression, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); metaphorically female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

Simplified Characters

沉 鱼 落 雁

Traditional Characters

沉 魚 落 雁

Pinyin

chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

沉chen2see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1] 鱼yu2surname Yu 落luo4to leave out 雁yan4wild goose