西施
Meanings
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- 1.Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nǚ], given by King Gou Jian 勾践[Gōu Jiàn] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
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Wiktionary
- 1.Xi Shi
- 2.beautiful woman
- 3.fallen flower
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Example sentences
情人眼裡出西施。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Related words
西施犬 shih tzu (dog breed)槟榔西施 (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth情人眼里有西施 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder