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日落西山 (jat6 lok6 sai1 saan1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

日落西山 (jat6 lok6 sai1 saan1, rì luò xī shān) — the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end; fig. time of decline; the end of an era; Sic transit gloria mundi

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 日上三竿 (jat6 soeng5 saam1 gon1) — the sun is already high in the sky, sarcastically hinting it is not early any m…
• 日不暇給 (jat6 bat1 haa6 kap1) — too busy with no spare time
• 日久見人心 (jat6 gau2 gin3 jan4 sam1) — time will tell; 'a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn'
• 日以繼夜 (jat6 ji5 gai3 je6) — noun; day in and day out; round the clock; stay up till dawn
• 日光日白 (jat6 gwong1 jat6 baak6) — in broad daylight
• 日內瓦公約 (jat6 noi6 ngaa5 gung1 joek3) — the Geneva Conventions

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