怜香惜玉 — Chinese idiom
怜香惜玉
lián xiāng xī yù
Traditional: 憐香惜玉
Meaning
- to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex
Character by character
- 怜liánto pity, to sympathize with
- 香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic
- 惜xīpity, regret; to rue; to begrudge
- 玉yùjade, gem, precious stone
Idioms sharing a character
- 乞哀告怜 qǐ āi gào lián
- 同病相怜 tóng bìng xiāng lián
- 摇尾乞怜 yáo wěi qǐ lián
- 楚楚可怜 chǔ chǔ kě lián
- 自艾自怜 zì yì zì lián
- 顾影自怜 gù yǐng zì lián
- 偷香窃玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù
- 口齿生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 国色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng
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