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沉鱼落雁

chén yú luò yàn

4-character word Traditional 沉魚落雁

What 沉鱼落雁 means

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

Other readings

沉鱼落雁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chén yú luò yànvariant of {沉鱼落雁|chén yú luò yàn}

The characters in 沉鱼落雁

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 雁yànwild goose