闭月羞花 — Chinese idiom
闭月羞花
bì yuè xiū huā
Traditional: 閉月羞花
Meaning
- lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers
- fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
Character by character
- 闭bìto shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 羞xiūshame, disgrace; shy, ashamed
- 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
Idioms sharing a character
- 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
- 撒手闭眼 sā shǒu bì yǎn
- 深闭固拒 shēn bì gù jù
- 闭口不言 bì kǒu bù yán
- 闭口不谈 bì kǒu bù tán
- 闭门不出 bì mén bù chū
- 闭门塞窦 bì mén sè dòu
- 闭门觅句 bì mén mì jù
- 闭门造车 bì mén zào chē
- 九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
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