沈魚落雁

See also: 沉魚落雁 and 沉鱼落雁

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 沈魚落雁 – see 沉魚落雁 (“extremely beautiful; drop-dead gorgeous”). (This term is a variant form of 沉魚落雁).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沈	魚	落	雁
ちん Grade: S	ぎょ Grade: 2	らく Grade: 3	がん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 沈魚落雁 (MC drim ngjo lak ngaenH).

Idiom

沈(ちん)魚(ぎょ)落(らく)雁(がん) • (chingyorakugan) 

1. (idiomatic) Beauty truly can be stunning. Lit. Such was her beauty that, in a fluster, fish sank to the bottom of the sea and geese dropped from the sky.

Synonyms

• 羞花閉月

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.