沉鱼落雁

chén yú luò yàn

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 沉鱼落雁

沉
chén

to submerge

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

鱼
yú

fish

雁
yàn

wild goose