秀色可餐 — Chinese idiom
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
Meaning
- a feast for the eyes
- (of women) gorgeous
- graceful
- (of scenery) beautiful
Character by character
- 秀xiùelegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
- 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 餐cānto eat, to dine; meal, food
Idioms sharing a character
- 一枝独秀 yī zhī dú xiù
- 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
- 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
- 后起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù
- 秀外慧中 xiù wài huì zhōng
- 钟灵毓秀 zhōng líng yù xiù
- 一路货色 yī lù huò sè
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 五色缤纷 wǔ sè bīn fēn
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