神仙中人 shén xiān zhōng rén Heavenly being

Explanation

形容容貌秀美，气质脱俗的人。

Describes someone with a beautiful appearance and extraordinary temperament.

Origin Story

话说东晋时期，有个才华横溢的书生叫王质，他一日上山砍柴，迷路了，来到一个桃林深处，看见两位老者正在下棋，旁边有童子侍奉酒果。王质好奇地观棋，忘记了时间。棋局结束后，两位老者告辞离去，王质也下山回家。谁知，回到村庄，发现故乡的一切都变了，房屋破败，人都不认识他了。原来，他迷失在仙境中，不知不觉已过了几十年，自己却一点没变，依然是年轻的模样。回首桃林，已经消失不见。村里人说，王质在山里砍柴时，被神仙带走了。王质因为在仙境中度过了漫长时间，外表看起来仍然年轻，气质也与常人不同，人们便称他为“神仙中人”。

huà shuō dōng jìn shí qī, yǒu gè cái huá héng yì de shū shēng jiào wáng zhì, tā yī rì shàng shān kǎn chái, mí lù le, lái dào yīgè táo lín shēn chù, kàn jiàn liǎng wèi lǎo zhě zhèng zài xià qí, páng biān yǒu tóng zi shì fèng jiǔ guǒ. wáng zhì hào qí de guān qí, wàng jì le shí jiān. qí jú jié shù hòu, liǎng wèi lǎo zhě gào cí lí qù, wáng zhì yě xià shān huí jiā. shuí zhī, huí dào cūn zhuāng, fā xiàn gù xiāng de yī qiè dōu biàn le, fáng wū pò bài, rén dōu bù rèn shi tā le. yuán lái, tā mí shī zài xiān jìng zhōng, bù zhī bù jué yǐ guò le jǐ shí nián, zì jǐ què yī diǎn méi biàn, yī rán shì nián qīng de mú yàng. huí shǒu táo lín, yǐ jīng xiāo shī bù jiàn. cūn lǐ rén shuō, wáng zhì zài shān lǐ kǎn chái shí, bèi shén xiān dài zǒu le. wáng zhì yīn wèi zài xiān jìng zhōng dù guò le màn cháng shí jiān, wài biǎo kàn qǐ lái réng rán nián qīng, qì zhì yě yǔ cháng rén bù tóng, rén men biàn chēng tā wèi "shén xiān zhōng rén".

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a talented scholar named Wang Zhi. One day, while cutting wood in the mountains, he got lost. Deep in a peach orchard, he found two old men playing chess, attended by a boy serving wine and fruit. Wang Zhi curiously watched the game, forgetting the time. After the game ended, the two elders took their leave, and Wang Zhi also went down the mountain to return home. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the village, he found that everything in his hometown had changed. The houses were dilapidated, and no one recognized him. It turned out that he had been lost in a fairyland, and unknowingly, decades had passed. He, however, had not aged a day, remaining young in appearance. Looking back at the peach orchard, it had disappeared. Villagers said that Wang Zhi was taken away by immortals while cutting wood in the mountains. Because he had spent a long time in the fairyland, he still looked young and his temperament was different from ordinary people, so people called him "a heavenly being".

Usage

用于描写容貌秀美，气质脱俗的人。

yòng yú miáo xiě róng mào xiù měi, qì zhì tuō sú de rén

Used to describe someone with a beautiful appearance and extraordinary temperament.

Examples

• 他长得如此俊美，宛若神仙中人。

  tā zhǎng de rú cǐ jùnměi, wǎn ruò shénxiān zhōng rén

  He is so handsome, like a heavenly being.

• 那舞者气质飘逸，宛如神仙中人。

  nà wǔ zhě qìzhì piāoyì, wǎn rú shénxiān zhōng rén

  That dancer's temperament is elegant, like a heavenly being

Related Idioms

• 超凡脱俗

• 仙风道骨

Opposite Idioms

• 凡夫俗子