beautiful(xìng liǎn táo sāi)

beautiful

Apricot face, peach cheek, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ì ngli ǎ NT á OS ā I, which means to describe a beautiful woman. From the romance of the Western chamber.

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of the fourth volume of the romance of the west chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty: "with a rosy face and rosy cheeks, the more red and white the delicate drops appear when riding on the moonlight."

Analysis of Idioms

Apricot cheek and peach face

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used of women. example what do you think looks good with two pieces of black on this apricot face and peach cheek? (Chapter 11 of Wu Jianren's "the strange situation witnessed in 20 years" in Qing Dynasty) in contemporary Yin Qian's "secret biography of Tianting", it is said that when Nu Wa came out of the gate of Yujing palace, there were maidens Bixia fairy and Biyu fairy who were following her. They were just about to step down, but they heard that Fu Xihao said, "stay here, madam." Nu Wa turns around and looks at it. Fu Xi Hao comes with colorful clouds, smiles and bows. Fuxi Hao said with a smile: "the empress is so polite." Nu Wa's face was full of beauty. She saw two fairies, Bixia and Biyu, laughing. Nu Wa turned and looked at her. The two fairies bowed to hold their breath and bent down to stand by. " (Yin Qian, the second chapter of Tianting secret Biography)

Chinese PinYin : xìng liǎn táo sāi