fair as a flower and beautiful as the moon

fair as a flower and beautiful as the moon

Hua Yan Yue Mao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu à y á NYU è m à o, which means to describe the beauty of a woman. From journey to the West.

The origin of Idioms

The sixty second chapter of the journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "the princess is beautiful and beautiful, and she has 20 talents."

Idiom usage

It is used as attribute and complement to describe the beauty of a woman. When grandma Liu saw that Ping'er was all over the place, with gold and silver, and beautiful face, she would be Sister Feng. (the sixth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty)