They're likely thinking said person is handsome or pretty in the same way an Oriental rug or Faberge egg is handsome or pretty.
对他们来说,一个人的帅或者漂亮,跟一幅东方地毯或俄国彩蛋的帅或者漂亮没什么不同。
As the first person in the oriental world bestowed Nobel Prize for literature, Tagore, the Indian poet, undoubtedly becomes the symbol of the oriental culture.
作为东方世界首位诺贝尔文学奖的获得者,印度著名诗人泰戈尔无疑成为了东方文化的象征。