俊男靓女 (jùn nán liàng nǚ) — handsome men and beautiful women; good-looking people

Definition

A set phrase for attractive people as a group — 'handsome men and beautiful women'. Slightly informal and more eye-catching than 帅哥美女.

idiom
handsome men and beautiful womengood-looking people

Examples

  • 俊男靓女。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhāo pìn de dōu shì jùn nán liàng nǚ.
    This company only hires handsome men and beautiful women.
  • 俊男靓女，。
    Wǎn huì shàng jùn nán liàng nǚ yún jí, fēi cháng rè nao.
    The party was full of good-looking people, very lively.
  • 俊男靓女，。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng lǐ jùn nán liàng nǚ hěn duō, kàn de rén hěn xiǎng shòu.
    There are many handsome men and beautiful women in this movie, making it very enjoyable to watch.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

俊男handsome men
俊jùnhandsome男nánmen
偏正Modifier + head
靓女pretty women
靓liàngpretty女nǚwomen
偏正Modifier + head

The pair 俊男 and 靓女 picture handsome men and pretty women.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺅Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
夋
夋qūn俊jùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

俊 pairs 人 (person) with 夋, which gives the sound; the person part shows it relates to a person.

Open 俊 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

Open 男 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 靚; 靓 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng靚jìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 靚 combines 見, the seeing part, with 青 as its sound; the simplified 靓 is a later shorthand.

Open 靓 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

Open 女 →

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