夕阳西下 — Chinese idiom
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
Traditional: 夕陽西下
Meaning
- the sun sets in the west
Character by character
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
- 阳yángthe male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, ope
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
- 危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī
- 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī
- 朝不虑夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī
- 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
- 朝夕相处 zhāo xī xiāng chǔ
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