天衣無縫

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
 
gown; clothes; to dress
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
not have
 
crack; seam; to sew
crack; seam; to sew; to stitch
trad. (天衣無縫) 天 衣 無 縫
simp. (天衣无缝) 天 衣 无 缝
Literally: “the clothes of immortals have no seams”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

天衣無縫

  1. flawless; seamless

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天衣無縫):
  • → Japanese: 天衣無縫(てんいむほう) (ten'imuhō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 衣 無 縫
てん
Grade: 1
い
Grade: 4
む
Grade: 4
ほう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) て​んいむほー [téꜜǹ'ìmùhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃imɯ̟ᵝho̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう) • (ten'imuhō) 

  1. flawless, perfect
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      彼(かの)女(じょ)は天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう)だ
      kanojo wa ten'imuhō da
      She is perfect
  2. innocence, simple-mindedness

Adjective

天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう) • (ten'imuhō) -na (adnominal 天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう)な (ten'imuhō na), adverbial 天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう)に (ten'imuhō ni))

  1. perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
  2. innocent, simple-minded
    Synonyms: 天真爛漫, 無邪気
    天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう)な人(ひと)柄(がら)
    ten'imuhō na hitogara
    an innocent personality

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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