闭月羞花
bì yuè xiū huā
Pinyin

Definition

闭月羞花
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bì yuè xiū huā
  1. lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
  2. fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
岁月
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
下月
xià yuè
  1. 1 next month
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
二月
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
八月
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
十一月
Shí yī yuè
  1. 1 November
  2. 2 eleventh month (of the lunar year)
十二月
Shí èr yuè
  1. 1 December
  2. 2 twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十月
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
印花
yìn huā
  1. 1 tax stamp

Idioms (20)

九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
天花乱坠
tiān huā luàn zhuì
  1. 1 lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extravagant embellishments
  3. 3 hype
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
寻花问柳
xún huā wèn liǔ
  1. 1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to frequent brothels
  3. 3 to sow one's wild oats
心花怒放
xīn huā nù fàng
  1. 1 to burst with joy (idiom)
  2. 2 to be over the moon
  3. 3 to be elated
恼羞成怒
nǎo xiū chéng nù
  1. 1 to fly into a rage out of humiliation
  2. 2 to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
摆花架子
bǎi huā jià zi
  1. 1 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
  2. 2 superficial display (idiom)
败柳残花
bài liǔ cán huā
  1. 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
  1. 1 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands

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