衣冠楚楚

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Chinese[edit]

hat and clothes; dress; attire neat and tidy; delicate; dainty
simp. and trad.
(衣冠楚楚)
衣冠 楚楚

Etymology[edit]

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 150 (《詩經·曹風·蜉蝣》):

蜉蝣衣裳楚楚
[Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
蜉蝣衣裳楚楚
[Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Fúyóu zhī yǔ, yīshāng chǔchǔ.
Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, yú wǒ guī chǔ.
[Pinyin]
The wings of the ephemera, Are robes, bright and splendid.
My heart is grieved; Would they but come and abide with me!

Pronunciation[edit]


Idiom[edit]

衣冠楚楚

  1. immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper

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