秀美
xiù měi
Pinyin

Definition

秀美
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xiù měi
  1. elegant
  2. graceful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
yōu xiù
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 excellent
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
Běi měi
  1. 1 North America
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
wéi měi
  1. 1 aesthetics
shěn měi
  1. 1 esthetics
  2. 2 appreciating the arts
  3. 3 taste
ài měi
  1. 1 love of beauty
  2. 2 wishing to appear beautiful
  3. 3 to set store by one's appearance
róu měi
  1. 1 gentle and beautiful
qī měi
  1. 1 poignant
  2. 2 sad and beautiful
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy
xiù
  1. 1 handsome
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 elegant
  4. 4 graceful
  5. 5 superior
  6. 6 show (loanword)
  7. 7 CL:場|场[cháng]
  8. 8 (literary) to grow
  9. 9 to bloom
  10. 10 (of crops) to produce ears
xiù fà
  1. 1 beautiful hair

Idioms (20)

一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
专美于前
zhuān měi yú qián
  1. 1 to monopolize the limelight (idiom)
  2. 2 to get all the glory
  3. 3 to rank highest
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
爱美之心,人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
  1. 1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
尽善尽美
jìn shàn jìn měi
  1. 1 perfect (idiom); perfection
  2. 2 the best of all possible worlds
  3. 3 as good as it gets
秀外慧中
xiù wài huì zhōng
  1. 1 good-looking and intelligent (idiom)
秀才不出门,全知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀才不出门,能知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所谓雄伟和秀美,所谓外向和内向,所谓戏剧型的和图画型的,所谓戴奥尼苏斯艺术和阿波罗艺术,所谓“金刚怒目,菩萨低眉”,所谓“静如处女,动如脱兔”,姚姬传所谓的阳刚和阴柔,都无非是这两种气质的注脚。
suǒwèi xióngwěi hé xiùměi ,suǒwèi wàixiàng hé nèixiàng ,suǒwèi xìjù xíng de hé túhuà xíng de ,suǒwèi Dàiàonísūsī yìshù hé Ābōluó yìshù ,suǒwèi “jīngāngnùmù ,púsà dīméi ”,suǒwèi “jìng rú chǔnǚ ,dòng rú tuōtù ”,Yáo Jīchuán suǒwèi de yánggāng hé yīnróu ,dōu wúfēi shì zhè liǎng zhǒng qìzhì de zhùjiǎo 。
Majesty and grace, extroversion and introversion, theater and painting, Dionysusian art and Apollonian art, the fierce stare of an attendant of the Buddha and the lowered gaze of the Bodhisattva, or the coyness of the maid and the rapidity of the rabbit from 'The Nine Situations' in Sunzi's Art of War, and Yao Nai's concept of masculine and feminine, are all but footnotes to these two aspects.