In Ancient China there were the Four Beauties. One of these beauties was named Xishi. She lived in the state of Yue by a small stream. Xishi was slender and lithe with beautiful eyes and a perfect nose. Every day she would go to the nearby stream to wash her clothes. Upon seeing her reflection in the water, fish often became so lost in her beauty they would forget to swim, and sink down to the stream’s floor.<\/div>\n
Lìngwài yí wèi m\u011bin\u01da shì Hàn dài de Wáng Zh\u0101oj\u016bn, t\u0101 xiàng xi\u0101nn\u01da yí yàng m\u011bi, h\u011bn huì dànqín. Huángdì b\u01ce t\u0101 jià g\u011bi le B\u011bif\u0101ng xi\u014dngnú guó de guówáng. Zài ch\u016bjià de lù shàng, Wáng Zh\u0101oj\u016bn dàn q\u01d0 le pípá. Zhè shí y\u01d2u yì qún dàyàn f\u0113i guò, y\u012bnwèi t\u0101 de qínsh\u0113ng tài dòngt\u012bng le, dàyàn jìng rán wàngjì d\u01d2udòng chìb\u01ceng ér diào dào le dì shàng.
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Another one of the “Four Beauties,” Wang Zhaojun, lived during the Han Dynasty. She was as beautiful as an angel and very gifted musically. The Emperor ordered her to marry a king in the Northern Hunnu State. On the way to the wedding, she began to play a four-stringed Chinese lute. At that very moment, a flock of wild geese flew by. The sound of her lute was so beautiful the geese quickly forgot how to flap their wings and fell to earth.<\/div>\n
\tWords\uff1a<\/strong>
\t\u5c0f\u6eaaxi\u0103ox\u012b\uff1a creek (n.)
\t\u5012\u6620dàoyìng: to reflect (the image) (v.)
\t\u4ed9\u5973xi\u0101nn\u01da: fairy, angel(n.)
\t\u7435\u7436pípa: a plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard(n.)
\t\u5927\u96c1dàyàn: wild goose(n.)
\t\u52a8\u542cdòngt\u012bng: pleasant to the ears(adj.)
\t\u6296\u52a8d\u01d2udòn g: to shake(v.)<\/p>\n \tMeanings\uff1a<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n“\u6c89\u9c7c\u843d\u96c1” \u5b57\u9762\u610f\u4e49\u662f\u8bf4\u9c7c\u513f\u89c1\u5230\u7f8e\u4e3d\u7684\u5973\u4eba\u6c89\u5230\u6c34\u5e95\uff0c\u5927\u96c1\u89c1\u5230\u7f8e\u4e3d\u7684\u5973\u4eba\u4ece\u7a7a\u4e2d\u843d\u4e0b\u3002\u5f62\u5bb9\u5973\u5b69\u5b50\u975e\u5e38\u7f8e\u4e3d\u3002<\/div>\n
The literal meaning of “Chényú luòyàn”is that the beauty of a woman can make fish sink to the river floor and wild geese fall out of the sky. It can be used to describe a very beautiful woman. <\/div>\n
\tSentences\uff1a<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n1.T\u0101 tài pi\u0101oliàng le, ji\u01cenzhí shì chényú luòyàn, bìyuè xi\u016bhu\u0101.
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She’s so pretty, so gorgeous. <\/div>\n
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2.T\u0101 b\u011bnlái jiù y\u01d2u chényú luòyàn de wàimào, g\u0113nb\u011bn yòng bù zháo huàzhu\u0101ng.
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She’s so beautiful she doesn’t need to use make-up. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
\t\u539f\u6587\u94fe\u63a5<\/p>\n
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