沈ちん魚ぎょ落らく雁がん閉へい月げつ羞しゅう花か

expression, noun

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

A classical Chinese idiom describing a woman so beautiful that fish forget to swim and sink, geese forget to fly and fall, the moon hides, and flowers feel shame. Used in highly literary or poetic contexts; not part of everyday Japanese.

See also: 閉月羞花 · 沈魚落雁

• 「沈ちん魚ぎょ落らく雁がん閉へい月げつ羞しゅう花か」は、中ちゅう国ごくの古こ典てんに由ゆ来らいする美び人じんの形けい容ようである。

  'Chingyo rakugan heigetsu shūka' is a description of a beautiful woman originating from classical Chinese literature.