| | to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty) | HSK 4 |
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| | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | beauty contest | |
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| | the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen | |
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| | to play the xiao 簫|箫 (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫 / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫 / (slang) fellatio / blowjob | |
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| | beauty / disposition / looks / appearance | |
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| | hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair | |
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| | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 | |
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| | cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty | |
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| | a beauty / beautiful | |
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| | good looks / beauty / good-looking | |
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| | Sleeping Beauty | |
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| | peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) | |
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| | to disfigure / to spoil the beauty of | |
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| | all flowers / all beauties / all talents | |
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| | a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks | |
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| | Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty | |
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| | elegant / refined beauty | |
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| | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu | |
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| | the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan | |
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| | national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty | |
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| | place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world | |
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| | more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery) | |
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| | beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever | |
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| | blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc / (term of respect) your place | |
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| | lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world | |
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| | (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine) | |
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| | lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts | |
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| | (of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom) | |
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| | white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) | |
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| | sense of beauty / aesthetic perception | |
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| | Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王 and one of the famous Chinese beauties | |
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| | to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment) | |
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| | beautiful / a beauty | |
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| | painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) | |
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| | divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty | |
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| | Goddess of beauty | |
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| | beauty salon; beauty parlor | |
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| | beauty / glamor / voluptuousness | |
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| | Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty | |
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| | truth, goodness and beauty | |
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| | lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder | |
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| | vying to be the most glamorous / each more gorgeous than the other / beauty contest | |
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| | Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 | |
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| | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 | |
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| | The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera | |
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| | golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty | |
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| | a woman of unmatched beauty (idiom) | |
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| | inner beauty | |
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| | the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 | |
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| | lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭 below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven | |
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| | 16-year-old beauty | |
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| | a strip of scenic beauty (coast, river, road etc) / (fig.) an eye-catching feature | |
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| | Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty in Suzhou, Jiangsu | |
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| | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | everyone loves beauty (idiom) | |
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| | crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner / first place in a women's competition | |
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| | to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom) | |
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| | Aiwan Pavilion, on Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot | |
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| | beautiful girl / a beauty | |
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| | Miss World Beauty Pageant | |
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| | the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism) | |
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| | heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady | |
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| | (Tw) beauty product; skincare product | |
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| | an eye for beauty / aesthetic judgment | |
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| | Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder | |
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| | lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty | |
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| | Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 | |
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| | (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth | |
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| | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor | |
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| | virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫|箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 | |
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| | hairdresser and beauty parlor / barbershop / massage parlor | |
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| | a beauty in the bud | |
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| | beauty sleep (before midnight) | |
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| | lit. beautiful as peach and prune / fig. radiant beauty | |
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| | drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong) | |
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| | beauty contest | |
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| | beauty queen | |
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