梨花帶雨

Chinese

		pear	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	band; belt; girdle band; belt; girdle; ribbon; area; zone; region; wear; carry; lead; bring; consists of; show; and	rain
trad. (梨花帶雨)		梨	花	帶	雨
simp. (梨花带雨)		梨	花	带	雨
Literally: “pear blossom bathed in the rain”.

Etymology

玉容寂寞泪闌干，梨花一枝春帶雨。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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玉容寂寞泪阑干，梨花一枝春带雨。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

Yùróng jìmò lèi lángān, líhuā yī zhī chūn dài yǔ. [Pinyin]

Her jade countenance was sad, and crisscrossed with tears, like a pear blossom bathed in springtime rain.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líhuādàiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄞˋ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líhuādàiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄞˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líhuadàiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: li²-hua¹-tai⁴-yü³
    • Yale: lí-hwā-dài-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihuadayyeu
    • Palladius: лихуадайюй (lixuadajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

梨花帶雨

1. a weeping beauty