DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
西子捧心
Mandarin · pinyin Xī zǐ pěng xīn
Meanings
- (lit.) Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)
- (fig.) a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness
Characters in this entry
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
1–3–3–1 · Xi1 zi3 peng3 xin1
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
4character links
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sai1 zi2 pung2 sam1
Cantonese word readings for 西子捧心. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
sai1 zi2 pung2 sam1
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.