Chinese symbol for “ephemeral”
露水
lù shuǐ
dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ephemeral is 露水 (lù shuǐ), defined as: dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ephemeral”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瞬息 | shùn xī | in a flash; twinkling |
| 朝露 | zhāo lù | morning dew; fig. precarious brevity of human life |
| 一夜露水 | yī yè lù shui | one-night stand; ephemeral |
| 𥆧息 (瞤息) | shùn xī | in a flash; twinkling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 露水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 揭露 | jiē lù | to expose; to unmask |
| 暴露 | bào lù | to expose; to reveal |
| 露出 | lù chū | to expose; to show |
| 披露 | pī lù | to reveal; to publish |
| 泄露 | xiè lòu | to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xie4lu4] |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ephemeral”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.