日落西山 — Chinese idiom
日落西山
rì luò xī shān
Meaning
- the sun sets over western hills ; the day approaches its end
- fig. time of decline
- the end of an era
- Sic transit gloria mundi
Character by character
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
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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