possess surpassing beauty

possess surpassing beauty

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ó s è Ti ā NZ ī, which means to describe the beauty of a woman in old times. It comes from the story of Gongyang, the thirty first year of Zhaogong.

Analysis of Idioms

National color and heavenly fragrance

The origin of Idioms

In the thirty first year of Zhaogong, the legend of Gongyang, it is said that "Lady Yan is a woman who is rich and beautiful, and the color of the country is also beautiful."

Idiom usage

To describe the beauty of women. In the biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "it is short and medium in length, the sky is beautiful and the face is peerless." The statue of Nu Wa is beautiful in appearance, bright in color and graceful as life. (the first chapter of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty) the second chapter of the chronicles of the kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "but Hong De, the son of Bao Xiang, came to the countryside occasionally because he was astringent. As it happens, the water outside the gate of Baosi is drawn, although the village's makeup is wild, it does not hide the beauty of the country. "