余烬 (yú jìn) — ashes, embers (after a fire); (figurative) remnants of a defeated force or destroyed system
Definition
Literary word for the ashes and embers left after a fire, often used figuratively for what remains of a lost cause, regime, or conflict. A more elevated, written register than the everyday 灰烬.
noun
ashesembers (after a fire)(figurative) remnants of a defeated force or destroyed system
Examples
- ，余烬。Dà huǒ guò hòu, zhī shèng xià yí piàn yú jìn.After the great fire, only a stretch of embers remained.
- 余烬。Zhàn bài de jūn duì zài yú jìn zhōng chóng xīn jí jié.The defeated army regrouped among the remnants of the battle.
- ，余烬。Tā zhàn zài fèi xū shàng, kàn zhe zhàn zhēng de yú jìn.He stood on the ruins, looking at the embers of war.
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