Who can help me study the topic “四大美女”?

The second character is for man, the fourth or last is for woman, though I must look it up to see the rest.

While (中国古代四大美女) which contains these four equates to:
The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who were renowned for their beauty. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Yuhuan. Among them, Diaochan is a fictional character while the rest have been greatly embellished by legend.

四 In Mandarin Chinese, the character 四 (sì) means “four” and is also sometimes considered unlucky due to its similar pronunciation to the word for “death” (死, sǐ) in Cantonese. The Japanese pronunciation is also similar to the Japanese word for death or seize or put down.

大 can mean man or large or great, power

美 means nice, lovely or appealing

女 means woman

So of course it can tie together to mean Four, large or great or powerful, nice or lovely women.

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