夜幕低垂

Traditional form:

夜幕低垂

Pinyin (reading):

yèmùdīchuí

Definitions:

• darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)

Characters:

• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 幕 - curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
• 低 - low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near

Traditional characters:

• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 幕 - curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
• 低 - low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near