美人
měi rén
Pinyin

Definition

美人
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měi rén
  1. beauty
  2. belle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
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]
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
Luàn shì Jiā rén
  1. 1 Gone with the Wind (film)
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
rén rén
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 every person
rén men
  1. 1 people
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine
rén lì
  1. 1 manpower
  2. 2 labor power

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
人云亦云
rén yún yì yún
  1. 1 to say what everyone says (idiom)
  2. 2 to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
  3. 3 to follow the herd

Sample Sentences

所以说你的品味有问题嘛。说得好听点是邻家小女孩儿,其实就一土包子。中国比她漂亮的女孩儿一抓就是一大把。她要脸蛋没脸蛋,要身材没身材。面黄肌瘦,简直就是营养不良。扔在人群里绝对没人注意。只是到了好莱坞,物以稀为贵,才被捧上了天,觉得她是沉鱼落雁的东方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma 。shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 ,qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi 。Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir5 yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ 。tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn ,yào shēncái méi shēncái 。miànhuángjīshòu ,jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng 。rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì 。zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù ,wùyǐxīwéiguì ,cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān ,juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén 。
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.
哼,咱中国四大美人儿里面,大家首先想到的不就是杨贵妃,瞧那丰腴的身段、银盘儿似的饱满脸庞,试问人世间还有比这更美好的吗?
hèng ,zá Zhōngguó sì dà měirénr lǐmiàn ,dàjiā shǒuxiān xiǎngdào de bù jiùshì Yáng Guìfēi ,qiáo nà fēngyú de shēnduàn 、yínpánr shìde bǎomǎn liǎnpáng ,shìwèn rénshìjiān háiyǒu bǐ zhè gèng měihǎo de ma ?
Hmmph, among the four legendary Chinese beauties, doesn't everyone always think of Yang Guifei. Looking at her full-bodied figure, and her full face like a silver plate, one might well ask, is there anyone more beautiful in the mortal world?
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对对对,你就像那唐朝贵妃,可是真真儿的美人儿呢,现在这都是什么审美啊?什么A4腰啊,苹果4腿的,再这么折腾下去干脆饿死得了,一了百了。
duìduìduì ,nǐ jiù xiàng nà Tángcháo guìfēi ,kěshì zhēn zhēnr de měirénr ne ,xiànzài zhè dōu shì shénme shěnměi ā ?shénme À yāo ā ,píngguǒ 4 tuǐ de ,zài zhème zhēteng xiàqu gāncuì è sǐ dé le ,yīliǎobǎiliǎo 。
Yes, yes. You're like a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine, a real beauty. What kind of aesthetic is there around nowadays? With the waist only as wide as an A4 sheet of paper, and legs as thin as the iPhone 4. If we keep on torturing each other like this, we may as well just starve to death and be done with it.
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没错!哪像那什么汉朝的赵飞燕,模样长得倒也俊俏,可瘦得跟皮包骨似的,病怏怏儿的可怜人儿居然还号称美人!
méicuò !nǎ xiàng nà shénme hàncháo de Zhào Fēiyàn ,múyàng zhǎng de dào yě jùnqiào ,kě shòu de gēn píbāogǔ shìde ,bìngyàngyàngr de kěliánrénr jūrán hái hàochēng měirén !
That's right! It's like Zhan Feiyan from the Han Dynasty, attractive and intelligent looking, but a sickly piteous bag of skin and bones can still be called a beauty!
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美人儿一样的西湖啊,对了,听说西湖还有个著名景点叫苏堤,就是当年苏轼建造的。苏堤也因此得名。
měirénr yīyàng de xīhú ā ,duì le ,tīngshuō xīhú háiyǒu gè zhùmíng jǐngdiǎn jiào sūtí ,jiùshì dāngnián Sū Shì jiànzào de 。sūtí yě yīncǐ démíng 。
The West Lake is just like a beautiful woman, yes, I hear the West Lake still has another famous scenic spot called Su Causeway, built by Su Shi. That's how the Su Causeway got famous.
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你说的没错,欧美电影对恐怖的定义跟我们东方人还是有区别的,也许对欧美人来说坟墓、僵尸就代表恐怖,但对我们来说这些还不算是恐怖。
nǐshuōde méicuò ,Ōuměi diànyǐng duì kǒngbù de dìngyì gēn wǒmen dōngfāngrén háishì yǒu qūbié de ,yěxǔ duì Ōu - Měi rén láishuō fénmù 、jiāngshī jiù dàibiǎo kǒngbù ,dàn duì wǒmen láishuō zhèxiē hái bù suàn shì kǒngbù 。
You're totally right, the European and American definition of horror is different from us Easterners. Maybe for European and Americans graves and zombies represent horror, but for us, these don't count as scary.
东方美人茶
Dōng fāng měi rén chá
Eastern beauty tea
哎哟,想死你了,我的美人。
āiyōu ,xiǎng sǐ nǐ le ,wǒ de měirén 。
Oh, I missed you to death, my beauty.
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还有看美女。哎,那时的老外可真有眼福啊!满大街都是像杨贵妃那样体态丰腴的"胖美人"!如果放到现代,应该叫性感吧。
hái yǒu kàn měinǚ 。āi ,nàshí de lǎowài kě zhēn yǒu yǎnfú a !mǎn dàjiē dōu shì xiàng Yáng Guìfēi nàyàng tǐtài fēngyú de "pàng měirén "!rúguǒ fàngdào xiàndài ,yīnggāi jiào xìnggǎn ba 。
And they also came to see beautiful women! Foreigners in those days were really lucky to see so many beautiful women. ``Plump beauties," like Yang Guifei were all over the place. If they were in modern times, they would probably be called ``sexy!"
嗯。不过现在参加考试的多数是日韩人,欧美人比较少。汉字和语法都让欧美人头痛。现在国家正在开发适合欧美人参加的汉语水平考试。
ng4 。bùguò xiànzài cānjiā kǎoshì de duōshù shì Rì - Hán rén ,Ōu - Měi rén bǐjiào shǎo 。hànzì hé yǔfǎ dōu ràng Ōu - Měi rén tóutòng 。xiànzài guójiā zhèngzài kāifā shìhé Ōu - Měi rén cānjiā de hànyǔ shuǐpíng kǎoshì 。
Uh-huh. However, right now most of those who are taking the test are Korean and Japanese, while the numbers of American and Europeans taking it are few in comparison. The characters and grammar can be quite a headache for the European and Americans. Right now they are developing a test that is more suitable for Europeans and Americans.
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