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.
彼女はまさに「立てば芍薬座れば牡丹歩く姿は百合の花」だ。
She is truly the embodiment of the saying 'standing like a peony, sitting like a tree peony, walking like a lily.'
A traditional Japanese phrase of uncertain origin, often used to describe an ideally beautiful woman by comparing her to three flowers.