香消玉殒 — Chinese idiom
香消玉殒
xiāng xiāo yù yǔn
Traditional: 香消玉殞
Meaning
- (of a beautiful woman) to die; to pass away
Character by character
- 香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic
- 消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
- 玉yùjade, gem, precious stone
- 殒yǔnto die, to fall, to perish, to vanish
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 天香国色 tiān xiāng guó sè
- 宝马香车 bǎo mǎ xiāng chē
- 怜香惜玉 lián xiāng xī yù
- 拣佛烧香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
- 书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì
- 异香扑鼻 yì xiāng pū bí
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