立たてば芍薬座しゃくやくすわれば牡丹歩ぼたんあるく姿すがたは百合ゆりの花はな

expression

beautiful appearance of a woman

A poetic set phrase praising a woman's beauty in every posture: standing like a peony, sitting like a tree peony, walking like a lily. Used in traditional or literary contexts.

• 彼かの女じょはまさに「立たてば芍薬座しゃくやくすわれば牡丹歩ぼたんあるく姿すがたは百合ゆりの花はな」だ。

  She is truly the embodiment of the saying 'standing like a peony, sitting like a tree peony, walking like a lily.'