天生丽质

天生麗質

tiānshēng-lìzhì

idiom #25,651

Meanings

1 naturally beautiful
2 born with beauty
3 gifted with stunning looks from birth

Characters

heaven; nature; sky

born; natural; innate

beautiful; gorgeous

quality; nature; essence

Examples

她天生丽质，不需要化妆就很漂亮。

Tā tiānshēnglìzhì, bù xūyào huàzhuāng jiù hěn piàoliang.

She is naturally beautiful and looks stunning without any makeup.

古人用天生丽质来形容倾国倾城的美女。

Gǔrén yòng tiānshēnglìzhì lái xíngróng qīng guó qīng chéng de měinǚ.

The ancients used this phrase to describe breathtakingly beautiful women.

Tips

history

The phrase originates from Bai Juyi's Tang dynasty poem Song of Everlasting Regret (长恨歌), describing the beauty of Yang Guifei: 天生丽质难自弃 (such natural beauty was hard to conceal).

Stroke Order

天 tiān

生 shēng

丽 lì

质 zhì