夜幕降临

Traditional form:

夜幕降臨

Pinyin (reading):

yèmùjiànglín

Definitions:

• nightfall

Characters:

• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 幕 - curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
• 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend

Traditional characters:

• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 幕 - curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
• 臨 - to draw near, to approach; to descend