凝脂

凝脂

1. (literary) congealed fat

   • 手如柔荑。膚如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     手如柔荑。肤如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shǒu rú róutí. Fū rú níngzhī. [Pinyin]

     Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
     Her skin was like congealed ointment;

2. (literary, figurative) white and smooth skin or implement surface

   • 溫泉水滑洗凝脂 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     温泉水滑洗凝脂 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     wēnquán shuǐ huá xǐ níngzhī [Pinyin]

     The waters of the hot springs were smooth, and washed over her pale white skin.