as pretty as a flower
as pretty as a flower
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Hu ā s ì Yu è, which means to describe a woman's outstanding beauty. It comes from four Travels: Hua Guang and iron princess get married.
The origin of Idioms
"Four travels · Hua Guang and iron princess marriage" says: "Phoenix Mountain Jade Ring virgin has a daughter, named Iron Fan Princess, 28 years old, born like flowers and moon." Chapter 109 of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "I pity a daughter who looks like a flower and looks like a moon. I have been married for more than a year, but I was rubbed by the sun family and died."
Analysis of Idioms
Flower like jade, flower like flower
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial to describe a beautiful woman.
as pretty as a flower