make the gaudy swallows and orioles pale with envy
Yan is envious of Ying, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y à nd à y à NGC á n, which means that a woman is beautiful. Yan is envious of her, but Ying is ashamed of herself. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Idiom usage
As an attributive or adverbial; used of women
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: sinking fish and falling geese
The origin of Idioms
The second and seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions: "the garden is full of beautiful and colorful, and the peaches and apricots dressed up by these people make the swallows jealous and the warblers ashamed. I can't say enough for a moment."
Idiom explanation
Describe the beauty of a woman, Yan see the life of jealousy, Ying ashamed of it.
Chinese PinYin : yàn dù yīng cán
make the gaudy swallows and orioles pale with envy
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