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西sai1施si1

sai1 si1Xī shī

English

  1. Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
  2. Shih Tzu
  3. Hsi Shih; Xishi (a beauty in Spring-Autumn Period in ancient China)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 西施狗,一種長毛狗
  2. 春秋時代越國美女,獲譽為中國古代四大美人;亦成為絕色美女嘅代稱

Examples

  • 情人眼裡出西施。

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 情人眼裏出西施

    beauty lies in the lover's eyes

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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