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才色兼備 (さいしょくけんび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

才さい色しょく兼けん備び

さ

い

しょ

く

け

ん

び

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Meanings

1

gifted with both intelligence and beauty (of a woman)

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A yojijukugo praising a woman who possesses both talent and good looks. Often used in formal or literary descriptions.

彼かの女じょは才さい色しょく兼けん備びの女じょ性

せい

と

し

て

知し

ら

れ

て

いる

。

She is known as a woman gifted with both intelligence and beauty.

Kanji

才genius, years old, cubic shaku
色color
兼concurrently, and, beforehand
備equip, provision, preparation

Built from

才さい色しょく+兼けん備び

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 才 (talent), 色 (beauty), 兼 (concurrently), and 備 (possess). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it follows a common four-character idiom pattern.