沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn

breathtakingly beautiful woman

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子zhuāng zǐ); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

Characters

Character Meaning
沉 chén HSK 5
to sink; heavy; deep
魚 yú
fish; surname Yu
落 luò HSK 4
to fall or drop; to lower; to lag or fall behind
雁 yàn
wild goose; variant of 雁yàn