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沉魚落雁 (cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

沉魚落雁 (cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6, chén yú luò yàn) — lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 沉實 (cam4 sat6) — down to earth; practical; realistic
• 沉底 (zam6 dai2) — (verb) sink to the bottom; sunken
• 沉死 (zam6 sei2) — (verb) to attempt suicide
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