长夜 (cháng) — long night (literal); prolonged period of darkness or suffering (metaphorical)
Definition
Literally 'long night,' but in literary and figurative use it means an extended period of suffering, oppression, or darkness. Common in poetry and historical writing about war or hardship.
noun
long night (literal)prolonged period of darkness or suffering (metaphorical)
Examples
- ，长夜。Zǒu le yì tiān de lù, tā jué de cháng hǎo xiàng méi yǒu jìn tóu.After walking all day, he felt the long night seemed endless.
- ，长夜。Nà chǎng zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, rén men zhōng yú zǒu chū le cháng.After that war ended, people finally emerged from the long night.
- 长夜。Shī rén yòng cháng bǐ yù rén shēng zhōng de kùn jìng.The poet uses 'long night' as a metaphor for hardship in life.
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