日薄崦嵫 — Chinese idiom
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
Meaning
- lit. the sun sets in Yanzi
- fig. the day is drawing to an end
- the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
Character by character
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 崦Yāna mountain in Kansu where the sun is supposed to s
- 嵫zīa hill in Shantung
Idioms sharing a character
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 偷天换日 tōu tiān huàn rì
- 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
- 同日而语 tóng rì ér yǔ
- 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
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