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日薄崦嵫

Mandarin · pinyin rì bó Yān zī

lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
fig. the day is drawing to an end
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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