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日落西山

Mandarin · pinyin 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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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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4–4–1–1 · ri4 luo4 xi1 shan1

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(idiomatic) sunset; nightfall; dusk
(figuratively) to be near one's death or end

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