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窈窕
窈窕
Chinese
| deep; quiet and elegant | quiet and elegant | ||
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simp. and trad. (窈窕) |
窈 | 窕 | |
| alt. forms | 杳窱 “deep” | ||
Adjective
窈窕
- (of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair
- 窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.
- (of a woman) seductive; flirtatious
- deep; profound
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