夕阳西下 (xī yáng xī xià) — the setting sun sinks in the west; dusk (poetic/literary)
Definition
A literary chengyu meaning 'the setting sun sinks in the west' — used almost entirely in writing to evoke dusk, the end of a day, or by extension a fading era. Far more poetic than the plain 太阳下山.
idiom
the setting sun sinks in the westdusk (poetic/literary)
Examples
- 夕阳西下，。xī yáng xī xià, Tiān biān yí piàn hóng xiá.The setting sun sinks in the west, and the horizon is covered in red clouds.
- 夕阳西下，。Zhàn zài shān dǐng kàn xī yáng xī xià, xīn zhōng gǎn kǎi wàn qiān.Standing on the mountaintop watching the sunset, I felt a myriad of emotions.
- 夕阳西下，。xī yáng xī xià, Duàn cháng rén zài tiān yá.The sun sets in the west, and a heartbroken man wanders at the edge of the world.
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