Tā de gēshēng tiānrán qù diāoshì, fēicháng dòngrén.
Her singing is natural and unadorned — deeply moving.
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From Li Bai 李白's Tang 《经乱离后天恩流夜郎忆旧游书怀赠江夏韦太守良宰》: ‘清水出芙蓉，天然去雕饰。’ (A lotus rising from clear water — natural, without carved ornament.) Li Bai used it to praise a friend's plain and powerful style; later generations adopted it as a touchstone aesthetic of 自然 (naturalness).
usage
Always paired with 清水出芙蓉. 去 = to remove / strip away, not ‘to go.’ 雕饰 = carving and ornament.
