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明眸皓齒

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Chinese

More information bright eyes, white teeth ...

Etymology

Coined by Du Fu in his poem, first attested in 757:

明眸皓齒今何在？血污遊魂歸不得！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]

明眸皓齿今何在？血污游魂归不得！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 757, 杜甫,《哀江頭》(Mourning by the Winding River), tr. Wu Juntao (吴钧陶)

Míngmóuhàochǐ jīn hézài? Xuèwū yóuhún guī bùdé! [Pinyin]

Where are the beaming eyes and the white teeth now, I wonder?
Unable to go home, the bleeding ghost can only wander!

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngmóuhàochǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄡˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄔˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngmóuhàochǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄡˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄔˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngmóuhàochǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-mou²-hao⁴-chʻih³
  - Yale: míng-móu-hàu-chř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmouhawchyy
  - Palladius: минмоухаочи (minmouxaoči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: mjaeng mjuw hawX tsyhiX

More information Rime, Character ...

Idiom

明眸皓齒

to have clear bright eyes and gleaming white teeth (describing a beauty)
- 薰天意氣連宮掖，明眸皓齒無人惜。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  薰天意气连宫掖，明眸皓齿无人惜。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1652, 吳偉業,《圓圓曲》
  Xūntiān yìqì lián gōngyē, míngmóuhàochǐ wúrén xī. [Pinyin]
  Her bitterness ascended as high as the skies,
  But no one pitied her pearly teeth, her crystal eyes.

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