西子捧心 — Chinese idiom
西子捧心
Xī zǐ pěng xīn
Meaning
- (lit.) Xishi clasps at her heart
- (fig.) a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness
Character by character
- 西Xīwest, western, westward
- 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 中西合璧 Zhōng Xī hé bì
- 各奔东西 gè bèn dōng xī
- 喝西北风 hē xī běi fēng
- 夕阳西下 xī yáng xī xià
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 日落西山 rì luò xī shān
- 东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi
- 东兔西乌 dōng tù xī wū
- 东奔西走 dōng bēn xī zǒu
- 东奔西跑 dōng bēn xī pǎo
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