Hằng Nga giáng thế
Definition
- Noun Phrase:
- Chang'e Descending to the World: A poetic and literary idiom used to describe a woman of extraordinary, ethereal beauty, likening her to the moon goddess Chang'e who has come down to the mortal realm.
Usage Examples
- Noun Phrase:
- Cô dâu trông như Hằng Nga giáng thế trong bộ váy cưới trắng. (The bride looked like Chang'e descending to the world in her white wedding dress.)
- Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy khiến mọi người liên tưởng đến cảnh Hằng Nga giáng thế. (Her beauty made people think of the scene of Chang'e descending to the world.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is primarily used in highly complimentary, formal, or literary contexts, such as in descriptive writing, poetry, or eloquent speeches to praise feminine beauty. It is not used in casual, everyday conversation.
Variants and Related Words
- Tiên nữ giáng trần (n): A fairy descending to the mortal world; a similar idiom for describing divine, exquisite beauty.
- Giai nhân tuyệt sắc (n): A peerless beauty; a more direct term for an incomparably beautiful woman.
Synonyms
- Ethereal beauty: A beauty that is delicate, heavenly, and not of this world.
- Celestial beauty: Beauty that is divine or godlike.
Related Idioms
- Đẹp như tiên: As beautiful as a fairy; a common simile for great beauty.
- Nghiêng nước nghiêng thành: (A beauty so great it could) topple cities and states; an idiom for devastating, legendary beauty.