金乌西坠,玉兔东升
Traditional form:
金烏西墜,玉兔東昇
Pinyin (reading):
jīnwūxīzhuì,yùtùdōngshēng
Definitions:
- lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east
- fig. at sunset
Characters:
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 乌 - crow, rook, raven; black, dark
- 西 - west, western, westward
- 坠 - to drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight
- 玉 - jade, gem, precious stone
- 兔 - rabbit, hare
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
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