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Wild Goose
Beautiful Woman Proverb
chén yú luò yàn
chin gyo raku gan
沈魚落雁 is an old proverb that literally means, "fish sink, goose alights".
...But this takes some explaining. 沈魚落雁 is a proverb from Zhuangzi (莊子) who lived in the late 4th century BC.
This figuratively refers to female beauty that is so captivating that even the birds and beasts take notice.
Perhaps a better way to and more accurate way to describe this is to say that it speaks of the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman who is so beautiful that fish stay on the bottom of the water, and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame.
This proverb is so famous that it is also known and used in Japan (same characters, different pronunciation).
Note: This can also be written 沉魚落雁 instead of 沈魚落雁 (just the first character varies slightly).
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
雁 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen gan がん |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) wild goose; (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro); (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis; (surname, given name) Gan; (wk) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai) A hawk, also used for hamsa, a wild goose. |
カリ see styles |
kari カリ |
 More info & calligraphy: |
唳 see styles |
lì li4 li |
cry of a crane or wild goose |
鴈 雁 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen gan がん |
variant of 雁[yan4] (kana only) wild goose; (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis; (surname) Gan A wild goose; a wild goose |
大雁 see styles |
dà yàn da4 yan4 ta yen |
wild goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
孤雁 see styles |
kogan こがん |
solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying); (given name) Kogan |
胡雁 see styles |
hú yàn hu2 yan4 hu yen |
Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times |
雁塔 see styles |
yàn tǎ yan4 ta3 yen t`a yen ta Gantō |
Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi The Wild Goose pagoda, name of a famous monastery; Haṃsa stūpa |
雁金 see styles |
karigane かりがね |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro); (surname) Karigane |
鴻雁 鸿雁 see styles |
hóng yàn hong2 yan4 hung yen kougan / kogan こうがん |
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) (poetic term) wild geese; large geese and small geese |
大雁塔 see styles |
dà yàn tǎ da4 yan4 ta3 ta yen t`a ta yen ta |
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
小雁塔 see styles |
xiǎo yàn tǎ xiao3 yan4 ta3 hsiao yen t`a hsiao yen ta |
Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
鑽牛角 钻牛角 see styles |
zuān niú jiǎo zuan1 niu2 jiao3 tsuan niu chiao |
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs; same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 |
雁が音 see styles |
karigane かりがね |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
雁ケ音 see styles |
karigane かりがね |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
雁ヶ音 see styles |
karigane かりがね |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
カリガネ see styles |
karigane カリガネ |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
互裟伽藍 互裟伽蓝 see styles |
hù shā qié lán hu4 sha1 qie2 lan2 hu sha ch`ieh lan hu sha chieh lan Go Sagaran |
Haṃsa saṃghārāma, 'Wild goose monastery, ' on Mount Indraśailaguhā, whose inmates were once saved from starving by the self-sacrifice of a wild goose; also 僧裟伽藍 (or 僧鷹伽藍) ; Haṃsa Saṃghârāma |
白跑一趟 see styles |
bái pǎo yī tàng bai2 pao3 yi1 tang4 pai p`ao i t`ang pai pao i tang |
to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase |
趨之若鶩 趋之若鹜 see styles |
qū zhī ruò wù qu1 zhi1 ruo4 wu4 ch`ü chih jo wu chü chih jo wu |
to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for something unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase |
鑽牛角尖 钻牛角尖 see styles |
zuān niú jiǎo jiān zuan1 niu2 jiao3 jian1 tsuan niu chiao chien |
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs |
Variations: |
gan(p); kari; gan; kari がん(P); かり; ガン; カリ |
(1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (かり, カリ only) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis |
Variations: |
karigane; karigane かりがね; カリガネ |
(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) (See 茎茶,玉露・1) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Wild Goose | 雁 | karigane / kari | yàn / yan4 / yan | yen |
| Beautiful Woman Proverb | 沈魚落雁 沈鱼落雁 | chin gyo raku gan chingyorakugan | chén yú luò yàn chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 chen yu luo yan chenyuluoyan | ch`en yü lo yen chenyüloyen chen yü lo yen |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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