beautiful woman (metaphorical)
Rare, highly literary metaphor comparing a woman's hair to clouds and her face to a flower. Found in classical or poetic contexts.
In that poem, a beautiful woman is depicted with the phrase 'cloud-like sidelocks and flower-like face'.
Standard, everyday word for a beautiful woman. 雲鬢花顔 is a rare, classical metaphor.
Literary term for a beautiful face, often used in poetry. 雲鬢花顔 adds the cloud-hair imagery.
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.