日薄崦嵫

Mandarin · pinyin rì bó Yān zī

Meanings

  1. lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
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日
rì · sun; day; daytime
薄
báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
崦
yān · a mountain in Kansu, where there is a cave into which the sun is said to sink at night
嵫
zī · a hill in Shantung
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4–2–1–1 · ri4 bo2 Yan1 zi1

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Exact source record日薄崦嵫 日薄崦嵫 [ri4 bo2 Yan1 zi1] /lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)/fig. the day is drawing to an end/the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)/