bì yuè xiū huādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
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閉月羞花 闭月羞花 [bi4 yue4 xiu1 hua1] /lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)/fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world/

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