四大美女
sì dà měi nu:3
Pinyin

Definition

四大美女
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sì dà měi nu:3
  1. the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xī shī], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wáng Zhāo jūn], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diāo Chán] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yáng Yù huán]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
大运
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
女
nu:3
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
女孩
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
美好
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
美丽
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
人大
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy

Idioms (20)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
四两拨千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to achieve much with little effort

Sample Sentences

四个女孩子造型，风格各异。不用说，肯定是四大美女。怪不得看得那么起劲，我看你都快看出鼻血来了。
sì ge nǚháizi zàoxíng ，fēnggé gèyì 。bùyòngshuō ，kěndìng shì sìdàměinǚ 。guàibude kàn de nàme qǐjìnr ，wǒ kàn nǐ dōu kuài kàn chū bíxiě lái le 。
Four women each with their own distinctive styles. You don't need to tell me: these are definitely the Four Great Beauties. No wonder you're so engrossed in them. You look like your nose is about to start bleeding.
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所以啊，四大美女生活在不同时代，标准差得太远，而且长相什么的只存在于人们的想象当中。要想分出个一二三，真的是无解啊。
suǒyǐ a ，sìdàměinǚ shēnghuó zài bùtóng shídài ，biāozhǔn chà de tài yuǎn ，érqiě zhǎngxiàng shénme de zhǐ cúnzài yú rénmen de xiǎngxiàng dāngzhōng 。yào xiǎng fēnchū ge yī\'èrsān ，zhēnde shì wújiě a 。
The Four Great Beauties lived in different eras in which standards of beauty were really different. On top of that, their actual appearance only exists within peoples' imaginations. Therefore, ranking them is an impossible task.
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