羞しゅう花か閉へい月げつ

noun

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

A classical Chinese-derived yojijukugo describing a woman so beautiful that flowers feel shame and the moon hides. Used in literary or poetic contexts. Variant forms include 閉月羞花 and 羞月閉花.

See also: 閉月羞花 (へいげつしゅうか) · 羞月閉花 (しゅうげつへいか) · 沈魚落雁 (ちんぎょらくがん)

• 彼かの女じょの美うつくしさはまさに羞しゅう花か閉へい月げつと称たたえるにふさわしい。

  Her beauty is truly worthy of being called 'shuuka heigetsu' (a beauty that shames flowers and hides the moon).