2014年4月8日星期二

Words about Beauty (1)

From: http://thesaurus.com/browse/good-looking
We may find the synonym of good-looking as
Attractive魅力, beautiful美丽, comely秀丽, lovely可爱, pretty漂亮, beauteous靓丽, fair飒爽, impressive抢眼, pulchritudinous美貌, etc.
In Chinese, there are four special words to describe a very beautiful girl. They are:
沉鱼 sinking fish, that means her beauty attracted swimming fish and it sinking down the water. In some cases, it particularly means a unique girl named 西施
During the time of Spring and Autumn Era (722-481 B.C.), the war among states turned from cruelty to bloodiness, one of the traps was called badger game. After the king of Yue kingdom was arrested by the king of Wu kingdom an officer of Yue found a pretty girl by the river bank, when she was washing some cloth. The officer told the girl that the people of their kingdom would be colonial slaves of Wu kingdom if no one prevent the king of Wu to do it, the only way to stop it was a good-looking girl went to and accompany the king of Wu. As the Wu king was a sex - obsessed fellow he may listen to a girl with beauty and you are the right girl. Would you like to do this dedication to our country? The girl accepted this mission and did what she was required. Later she helped her king of Yue beat the king of Wu successfully. But after the victory, the queen of Yue murdered the girl for afraid her husband might fall in love with the girl. This girl was 西


Below was the sword of Yue king, on the sword there are some characters the technology was called gold inlaid inscription and these characters illustrated its master:
This was the sword of Wu king:
A vessel had been used by the Wu king:
Weapon had been used by Wu king:
Money of Yue kingdom:
A music instrument of Wu kingdom:
Model boat of Yue kingdom:
The gate of the capital city of Yue kingdom:

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