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沉鱼落雁

chén yú luò yàn · lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

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Word information

Simplified沉鱼落雁

Traditional沉魚落雁

Pinyinchén yú luò yàn

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Character breakdown

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沉chén

to sink, to submerge; profound, deep

鱼yú

fish

落luò

to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

雁yàn

wild goose

How to learn 沉鱼落雁

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鱼yú

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2]); surname Yu

降落jiàngluò

to descend; to land

落luò

to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

沉chén

to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy; variant of 沉[chen2]

沉默chénmò

taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

沉重chénzhòng

heavy; hard; serious; critical