Word Meaning 沈魚落雁

ちんぎょらくがん chingyorakugan

沈魚落雁 is read as ちんぎょらくがん (chingyorakugan) and means charms of a uniquely beautiful woman.

Meaning

English

  1. charms of a uniquely beautiful woman
  2. (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

Reading

Kana

ちんぎょらくがん

Romaji

chingyorakugan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Yojijukugo Rank 157521 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

沈魚落雁閉月羞花

ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうか

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

落雁

らくがん

geese alighting

釣り落とした魚は大きい

つりおとしたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

落魚

おちうお

dead fish

沈黙

ちんもく

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)

沈没

ちんぼつ

getting dead drunk

沈む

しずむ

to feel depressed

沈滞

ちんたい

stagnation

沈静

ちんせい

stillness

沈下

ちんか

sinking

沈着

ちんちゃく

composure

沈める

しずめる

to floor (an opponent)