窈窕淑女
Chinese edit
quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful | virtuous and beautiful woman; lady; quiet girl | ||
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trad. (窈窕淑女) | 窈窕 | 淑女 | |
simp. #(窈窕淑女) | 窈窕 | 淑女 |
Etymology edit
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 1 (《詩經·周南·關雎》):
- 窈窕淑女,君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
窈窕淑女
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |||
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窈 | 窕 | 淑 | 女 |