玉樹臨風

Chinese

		fairy tree; jade-like beautiful tree
trad. (玉樹臨風)		玉樹	臨風
simp. (玉树临风)		玉树	临风

Etymology

From the poem "飲中八仙歌" written by Du Fu (杜甫) during the Tang dynasty:

宗之瀟灑美少年，舉觴白眼望青天，皎如玉樹臨風前。 [MSC, trad.]

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宗之潇洒美少年，举觞白眼望青天，皎如玉树临风前。 [MSC, simp.]

Zōngzhī xiāosǎ měishàonián, jǔ shāng báiyǎn wàng qīngtiān, jiǎo rú yùshù lín fēng qián. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùshùlínfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ syu⁶ lam⁴ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùshùlínfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùshùlínfong
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shu⁴-lin²-fêng¹
    • Yale: yù-shù-lín-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuhlinfeng
    • Palladius: юйшулиньфэн (jujšulinʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ lin³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ syu⁶ lam⁴ fung¹
    • Yale: yuhk syuh làhm fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sy⁶ lam⁴ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xu⁶ lem⁴ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² syː²² lɐm²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

玉樹臨風

1. (of a male) to be extraordinarily talented and good-looking