📖 Meaning
Describes a woman's hair as beautiful and flowing like drifting clouds and mist. The idiom evokes an image of elegant, luxuriant hair. It is used to praise a woman's beauty and grace.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom traces to Song dynasty poetry. Su Shi (苏轼) wrote in his poem '题毛女贞' the line '雾鬓风鬟木叶衣,' depicting a legendary immortal maiden with misty hair and wind-tousled coils clad in leaves. Fan Chengda (范成大) later echoed the imagery in his poem '新作景亭程咏之提刑赋诗次其韵,' writing of '雾鬓风鬟' beside blossoms and '云衣月扇' by wine. The metaphor of clouds and mist for beautiful feminine hair became a celebrated literary trope.
💡 Example Usage
那女子云鬟雾鬓，举手投足间尽显温婉之韵。
The woman's hair was as graceful as drifting clouds and mist, her every gesture revealing a gentle, elegant charm.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 云鬟雾鬓
- Pinyin: yún huán wù bìn
- Literal Translation: cloud, hair-coil, mist, hair-temple
- Category: Quality
- Characters: 4