雲うん鬢びん花か顔がん

Meanings

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noun

Rare, highly literary metaphor comparing a woman's hair to clouds and her face to a flower. Found in classical or poetic contexts.

その詩しには「雲うん鬢びん花か顔がん」という言こと葉ばで美び女じょが描えがかれている。
In that poem, a beautiful woman is depicted with the phrase 'cloud-like sidelocks and flower-like face'.

face, expression

Similar words

美び人じん
Standard, everyday word for a beautiful woman. 雲鬢花顔 is a rare, classical metaphor.
花か顔がん
Literary term for a beautiful face, often used in poetry. 雲鬢花顔 adds the cloud-hair imagery.

Etymology

A four-character compound from classical Chinese, combining 雲鬢 (cloud-like hair at the temples) and 花顔 (flower-like face). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is used as a metaphorical expression for feminine beauty in literary Japanese.