沉鱼落雁

chén yú luò yàn

Rare

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 沉鱼落雁

to submerge

to leave out

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

to fall or drop

fish

wild goose