羞しゅう月げつ閉へい花か

Similar words

• 閉へい月げつ羞しゅう花か

  A variant order of the same characters with the same meaning; less common than 羞月閉花.

• 沈ちん魚ぎょ落らく雁がん

  Another yojijukugo for a woman's beauty, literally 'sinking fish and falling geese'; both are classical Chinese-derived expressions for extraordinary beauty.

Etymology

A yojijukugo of classical Chinese origin, combining 羞 (shame), 月 (moon), 閉 (close), and 花 (flower) to depict a beauty that outshines nature.